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How to Register Custom DQL Functions

How to Register Custom DQL Functions

Doctrine allows you to specify custom DQL functions. For more information on this topic, read Doctrine's cookbook article "DQL User Defined Functions".

In Symfony, you can register your custom DQL functions as follows:

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    # app/config/config.yml
    doctrine:
        orm:
            # ...
            entity_managers:
                default:
                    # ...
                    dql:
                        string_functions:
                            test_string: Acme\HelloBundle\DQL\StringFunction
                            second_string: Acme\HelloBundle\DQL\SecondStringFunction
                        numeric_functions:
                            test_numeric: Acme\HelloBundle\DQL\NumericFunction
                        datetime_functions:
                            test_datetime: Acme\HelloBundle\DQL\DatetimeFunction
    
  • XML
    <!-- app/config/config.xml -->
    <container xmlns="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services"
        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
        xmlns:doctrine="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/doctrine"
        xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services/services-1.0.xsd
                            http://symfony.com/schema/dic/doctrine http://symfony.com/schema/dic/doctrine/doctrine-1.0.xsd">
    
        <doctrine:config>
            <doctrine:orm>
                <!-- ... -->
                <doctrine:entity-manager name="default">
                    <!-- ... -->
                    <doctrine:dql>
                        <doctrine:string-function name="test_string>Acme\HelloBundle\DQL\StringFunction</doctrine:string-function>
                        <doctrine:string-function name="second_string>Acme\HelloBundle\DQL\SecondStringFunction</doctrine:string-function>
                        <doctrine:numeric-function name="test_numeric>Acme\HelloBundle\DQL\NumericFunction</doctrine:numeric-function>
                        <doctrine:datetime-function name="test_datetime>Acme\HelloBundle\DQL\DatetimeFunction</doctrine:datetime-function>
                    </doctrine:dql>
                </doctrine:entity-manager>
            </doctrine:orm>
        </doctrine:config>
    </container>
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    // app/config/config.php
    $container->loadFromExtension('doctrine', array(
        'orm' => array(
            // ...
    
            'entity_managers' => array(
                'default' => array(
                    // ...
    
                    'dql' => array(
                        'string_functions' => array(
                            'test_string'   => 'Acme\HelloBundle\DQL\StringFunction',
                            'second_string' => 'Acme\HelloBundle\DQL\SecondStringFunction',
                        ),
                        'numeric_functions' => array(
                            'test_numeric' => 'Acme\HelloBundle\DQL\NumericFunction',
                        ),
                        'datetime_functions' => array(
                            'test_datetime' => 'Acme\HelloBundle\DQL\DatetimeFunction',
                        ),
                    ),
                ),
            ),
        ),
    ));