How to return an array not an object with doctrine findOneBy method in symfony2?

Question

I have a situation in which I want to query the database with findOneBy($id) method from doctrine in symfony2.

$namePosting = $this->getDoctrine()->getRepository('MyBundle:Users')->findOneById($userPosting);

The result it's an object with protected properties. I want to return it directly an array. How can this be done ?

Ioana Hazsda · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-16 14:17:25Z

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findOneBy(array()) will always return null or object.

But you can use instead findById($userPosting) or findBy(array('id' => $userPosting)) and it will return an array, e.g.:

$this->getDoctrine()->getRepository('MyBundle:Users')->findById($userPosting))

Edited

Or you can add a method in UserRepository class:

    use Doctrine\ORM\EntityRepository;
    use Doctrine\ORM\Query;

    class UserRepository extends EntityRepository
    { 
        public function getUser($userPosting)
        {
           $qb = $this->createQueryBuilder('u')
             ->select('u')
             ->where('u =:userPosting')->setParameter('userPosting', $userPosting)
             ->getQuery()
             ->getResult(Query::HYDRATE_ARRAY);

           return $qb;
        }   
    }

edited May 16, 2014 at 14:17

answered May 16, 2014 at 13:05

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5 Comments

irimie andrei Over a year ago

well, yeah, the result it's stucked inside an array, but inside it is the same (an object with protected properties), look: pastebin.com/MtrJgzJ9 How can I access the "firstname" for example ?

Ioana Hazsda Over a year ago

if you have $user = $this->getDoctrine()->getRepository('MyBundle:Users')->findById($userPosting)); the firtsname will be $user->getFirstname(); (supposing you have a getter in user entity class named getFirstname()

irimie andrei Over a year ago

That is perfect. You can access a property like this, BUT what if you want to return the whole object converted as an array ? Can you do that directly, or you need to use the serializer from symfony ?

Ioana Hazsda Over a year ago

You can create a custom query in your repository and call getResult(Querry::HYDRATE_ARRAY) on it. Please see my edited post.

Ioana Hazsda Over a year ago

You can use getOneOrNullResult(Query::HYDRATE_ARRAY) instead of getResult(Query::HYDRATE_ARRAY)

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