This document summarizes the history of PHP persistence from 1995 to present day. It begins with early file handling in PHP/FI in 1995 and the introduction of database support. It then discusses the evolution of code reusability through functions and classes. Professional abstraction layers like PEAR and later ORM frameworks provided more robust and standardized APIs. NoSQL databases and drivers were later incorporated, moving beyond relational databases. Current frameworks provide object document mapping for non-SQL databases like MongoDB.