DoctrineBundle Configuration ("doctrine")

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DoctrineBundle Configuration ("doctrine")

Full default configuration

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doctrine:
    dbal:
        default_connection:   default
        types:
            # A collection of custom types
            # Example
            some_custom_type:
                class:                Acme\HelloBundle\MyCustomType
                commented:            true
        # If enabled all tables not prefixed with sf2_ will be ignored by the schema
        # tool. This is for custom tables which should not be altered automatically.
        #schema_filter:        ^sf2_

        connections:
            default:
                dbname:               database

            # A collection of different named connections (e.g. default, conn2, etc)
            default:
                dbname:               ~
                host:                 localhost
                port:                 ~
                user:                 root
                password:             ~
                charset:              ~
                path:                 ~
                memory:               ~

                # The unix socket to use for MySQL
                unix_socket:          ~

                # True to use as persistent connection for the ibm_db2 driver
                persistent:           ~

                # The protocol to use for the ibm_db2 driver (default to TCPIP if omitted)
                protocol:             ~

                # True to use dbname as service name instead of SID for Oracle
                service:              ~

                # The session mode to use for the oci8 driver
                sessionMode:          ~

                # True to use a pooled server with the oci8 driver
                pooled:               ~

                # Configuring MultipleActiveResultSets for the pdo_sqlsrv driver
                MultipleActiveResultSets:  ~
                driver:               pdo_mysql
                platform_service:     ~
                logging:              "%kernel.debug%"
                profiling:            "%kernel.debug%"
                driver_class:         ~
                wrapper_class:        ~
                options:
                    # an array of options
                    key:                  []
                mapping_types:
                    # an array of mapping types
                    name:                 []
                slaves:

                    # a collection of named slave connections (e.g. slave1, slave2)
                    slave1:
                        dbname:               ~
                        host:                 localhost
                        port:                 ~
                        user:                 root
                        password:             ~
                        charset:              ~
                        path:                 ~
                        memory:               ~

                        # The unix socket to use for MySQL
                        unix_socket:          ~

                        # True to use as persistent connection for the ibm_db2 driver
                        persistent:           ~

                        # The protocol to use for the ibm_db2 driver (default to TCPIP if omitted)
                        protocol:             ~

                        # True to use dbname as service name instead of SID for Oracle
                        service:              ~

                        # The session mode to use for the oci8 driver
                        sessionMode:          ~

                        # True to use a pooled server with the oci8 driver
                        pooled:               ~

                        # Configuring MultipleActiveResultSets for the pdo_sqlsrv driver
                        MultipleActiveResultSets:  ~

    orm:
        default_entity_manager:  ~
        auto_generate_proxy_classes:  false
        proxy_dir:            "%kernel.cache_dir%/doctrine/orm/Proxies"
        proxy_namespace:      Proxies
        # search for the "ResolveTargetEntityListener" class for a cookbook about this
        resolve_target_entities: []
        entity_managers:
            # A collection of different named entity managers (e.g. some_em, another_em)
            some_em:
                query_cache_driver:
                    type:                 array # Required
                    host:                 ~
                    port:                 ~
                    instance_class:       ~
                    class:                ~
                metadata_cache_driver:
                    type:                 array # Required
                    host:                 ~
                    port:                 ~
                    instance_class:       ~
                    class:                ~
                result_cache_driver:
                    type:                 array # Required
                    host:                 ~
                    port:                 ~
                    instance_class:       ~
                    class:                ~
                connection:           ~
                class_metadata_factory_name:  Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\ClassMetadataFactory
                default_repository_class:  Doctrine\ORM\EntityRepository
                auto_mapping:         false
                hydrators:

                    # An array of hydrator names
                    hydrator_name:                 []
                mappings:
                    # An array of mappings, which may be a bundle name or something else
                    mapping_name:
                        mapping:              true
                        type:                 ~
                        dir:                  ~
                        alias:                ~
                        prefix:               ~
                        is_bundle:            ~
                dql:
                    # a collection of string functions
                    string_functions:
                        # example
                        # test_string: Acme\HelloBundle\DQL\StringFunction

                    # a collection of numeric functions
                    numeric_functions:
                        # example
                        # test_numeric: Acme\HelloBundle\DQL\NumericFunction

                    # a collection of datetime functions
                    datetime_functions:
                        # example
                        # test_datetime: Acme\HelloBundle\DQL\DatetimeFunction

                # Register SQL Filters in the entity manager
                filters:
                    # An array of filters
                    some_filter:
                        class:                ~ # Required
                        enabled:              false

Configuration Overview

This following configuration example shows all the configuration defaults that the ORM resolves to:

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doctrine:
    orm:
        auto_mapping: true
        # the standard distribution overrides this to be true in debug, false otherwise
        auto_generate_proxy_classes: false
        proxy_namespace: Proxies
        proxy_dir: "%kernel.cache_dir%/doctrine/orm/Proxies"
        default_entity_manager: default
        metadata_cache_driver: array
        query_cache_driver: array
        result_cache_driver: array

There are lots of other configuration options that you can use to overwrite certain classes, but those are for very advanced use-cases only.

Caching Drivers

For the caching drivers you can specify the values "array", "apc", "memcache", "memcached", "xcache" or "service".

The following example shows an overview of the caching configurations:

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doctrine:
    orm:
        auto_mapping: true
        metadata_cache_driver: apc
        query_cache_driver:
            type: service
            id: my_doctrine_common_cache_service
        result_cache_driver:
            type: memcache
            host: localhost
            port: 11211
            instance_class: Memcache

Mapping Configuration

Explicit definition of all the mapped entities is the only necessary configuration for the ORM and there are several configuration options that you can control. The following configuration options exist for a mapping:

  • type One of annotation, xml, yml, php or staticphp. This specifies which type of metadata type your mapping uses.
  • dir Path to the mapping or entity files (depending on the driver). If this path is relative it is assumed to be relative to the bundle root. This only works if the name of your mapping is a bundle name. If you want to use this option to specify absolute paths you should prefix the path with the kernel parameters that exist in the DIC (for example %kernel.root_dir%).
  • prefix A common namespace prefix that all entities of this mapping share. This prefix should never conflict with prefixes of other defined mappings otherwise some of your entities cannot be found by Doctrine. This option defaults to the bundle namespace + Entity, for example for an application bundle called AcmeHelloBundle prefix would be Acme\HelloBundle\Entity.
  • alias Doctrine offers a way to alias entity namespaces to simpler, shorter names to be used in DQL queries or for Repository access. When using a bundle the alias defaults to the bundle name.
  • is_bundle This option is a derived value from dir and by default is set to true if dir is relative proved by a file_exists() check that returns false. It is false if the existence check returns true. In this case an absolute path was specified and the metadata files are most likely in a directory outside of a bundle.

Doctrine DBAL Configuration

DoctrineBundle supports all parameters that default Doctrine drivers accept, converted to the XML or YAML naming standards that Symfony enforces. See the Doctrine DBAL documentation for more information. The following block shows all possible configuration keys:

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doctrine:
    dbal:
        dbname:               database
        host:                 localhost
        port:                 1234
        user:                 user
        password:             secret
        driver:               pdo_mysql
        # the DBAL driverClass option
        driver_class:         MyNamespace\MyDriverImpl
        # the DBAL driverOptions option
        options:
            foo: bar
        path:                 "%kernel.data_dir%/data.sqlite"
        memory:               true
        unix_socket:          /tmp/mysql.sock
        # the DBAL wrapperClass option
        wrapper_class:        MyDoctrineDbalConnectionWrapper
        charset:              UTF8
        logging:              "%kernel.debug%"
        platform_service:     MyOwnDatabasePlatformService
        mapping_types:
            enum: string
        types:
            custom: Acme\HelloBundle\MyCustomType
        # the DBAL keepSlave option
        keep_slave:           false

If you want to configure multiple connections in YAML, put them under the connections key and give them a unique name:

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doctrine:
    dbal:
        default_connection:       default
        connections:
            default:
                dbname:           Symfony
                user:             root
                password:         null
                host:             localhost
            customer:
                dbname:           customer
                user:             root
                password:         null
                host:             localhost

The database_connection service always refers to the default connection, which is the first one defined or the one configured via the default_connection parameter.

Each connection is also accessible via the doctrine.dbal.[name]_connection service where [name] is the name of the connection.

Shortened Configuration Syntax

When you are only using one entity manager, all config options available can be placed directly under doctrine.orm config level.

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doctrine:
    orm:
        # ...
        query_cache_driver:
           # ...
        metadata_cache_driver:
            # ...
        result_cache_driver:
            # ...
        connection: ~
        class_metadata_factory_name:  Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\ClassMetadataFactory
        default_repository_class:  Doctrine\ORM\EntityRepository
        auto_mapping: false
        hydrators:
            # ...
        mappings:
            # ...
        dql:
            # ...
        filters:
            # ...

This shortened version is commonly used in other documentation sections. Keep in mind that you can't use both syntaxes at the same time.

This work, including the code samples, is licensed under a Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0 license.
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