I know that to generate entity from existing database in symfony 4, just execute this command :
> php bin/console doctrine:generate:entities
but this command dont generate getter setter, just generate variable from column.
and of course I must use some dirty work to create it manually.
may be I missed read the documentation, how to generate entities getter setter from existing database using doctrine symfony 4?
To generate entity classes from an existing database you need to ask Doctrine to introspect the database and generate the corresponding metadata files. Metadata files describe the entity class to generate based on table fields.
> php bin/console doctrine:mapping:import App\\Entity annotation --path=src/Entity
This command will generate new PHP classes with annotation metadata into src/Entity
To generate the missing getter/setter methods (or to create the classes if neceesary), run:
> php bin/console make:entity --regenerate App
Also check Official documentation
DOC says:
"If you prefer to add new properties manually, the make:entity command can generate the getter & setter methods for you:
php bin/console make:entity --regenerate
If you make some changes and want to regenerate all getter/setter methods, also pass --overwrite."
Also note that with Symfony 3 (I don't about v4), the doctrine:generate:entities did not work with protected properties
To do that from an existing database you can use reverse engineering. Follow these steps:
configure your database in .env file
2.1. create the entity from your configured database with:
php bin/console doctrine:mapping:convert --from-database annotation ./src/Entity
2.2. if you want create the entity for one specific table:
php bin/console doctrine:mapping:convert --from-database --filter="Tablename" annotation ./src/Entity
if you use vim, you can add getters and setters installing php-getter-setter.vim plugin and typing in each entity:
:% InsertBothGetterSetter
you must add manually in each entity:
namespace App\Entity;
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With Symfony 3 and its console, we can generate entities from an already existing database via the command "php bin/console doctrine:mapping:import" (very usefull !).
From symfony 4, the command "./bin/console doctrine:mapping:import" needs a bundle name but symfony 4 doesn't work with bundle now.
With the new version of symfony, is there a way I didn't see for generate entities from an existing Database (mysql by example) ? Or must I wait a new version of doctrine for have a "doctrine:mapping:import" compatible with Symfony 4 ?
I found a(n) (ugly) solution yet. I deploy a disposable symfony 3, I link the symfony 3 to my database and I generate entities in a bundle. Then I copy generates files to symfony 4.
It's ugly but it works haha
You can use
php bin/console doctrine:mapping:convert --from-database annotation ./src/Entity
which should create the entities based on the database setting. Don’t forget to add the namespaces, and you will still need to add the getters and setters, but the bulk of the properties, including annotations and some of the relationships are already included. (Source)
Please also note, that Doctrine will not support this anymore in the next Doctrine version. As written in the Symfony docs
Moreover, this feature to generate entities from existing databases will be completely removed in the next Doctrine version.
I'm new to Symfony/Doctrine. I've create an entity "Merchant" based on a table I had created. It worked perfectly.
Now I've created an entity "Provider" and would like to generate the table for it.
I've used doctrine:mapping:import and it only imports the Merchant one. The Provider is nowhere to be found.
Thanks!
Edit : I've tried using "shema:update" but it returns "Nothing to update - Your database is already in sync".
Make sure your "Provider" class "name" or "namespace" is right and also do't forget to use
use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping as ORM;
if your entity class is in the annotation format ..
Sometimes may be it's file name is "Provide" rather than "Provider.php" and may be class name is not as per its namespace or also you have forgotten to use namespace ..
If you are trying create database schema based on your entities you should use different command.
Following one will drop and create the schema (pay attention that this will remove all your database data):
app/console doctrine:schema:drop --force
app/console doctrine:schema:create
Or you can just update existing schema:
app/console doctrine:schema:update --force
In addition to above command you can just look at sql changes that doctrine is going to apply to your db, without applying them:
app/console doctrine:schema:update --dump-sql
Make sure your database config file has your database name that matches your Entity's schema name.
If they are mismatched, no differences are notec, no SQL gets created
I had same problem. Console restart worked for me.
The structure of the database I am using for my project is constantly changed by another team. So I have to import regularly this structure into Symfony. To do so I use the following command:
php app/console doctrine:mapping:import --force EgBundle yml [--filter="Table"]
php app/console doctrine:generate:entities [Company/EgBundle/Entity/Table]
Every time I run those command I loose the declaration of my repositories and I have to had them manually:
repositoryClass: Company\EgBundle\Entity\TableRepository
Is there any way to keep this declaration?
There is no way for Doctrine to know what the repository class shall be when importing a mapping from database. The information can't be obtained from the database schema.
A possible solution for your use-case would be extending\overriding the doctrine:mapping:import command to add a Repository to the mapping information automatically using a naming convention.
I am working with Symfony 2.3 on a new project using an existing database with numerous associations - many-to-many, one-to-many etc. During my initial import last week, I found somewhere in the docs stipulated that a doctrine:mapping:import would generate orm.yml files of my database which it did without a hitch. However, I also see that only ManytoOne relationships are generated in the yml files ... not any other kind of associations.
My statement was:
$ php app/console doctrine:mapping:import –em=buv DBImportTestBundle yml
Also, I did a generate entities to create classes and basic CRUD for each table using:
$ php app/console doctrine:generate:entities DBImportTestBundle
This also worked EXCEPT that I do not see any annotated associations generated in the doc blocks for any of the entity properties.
I'm looking through the docs but do not see any specific information on the exact requirements for associations on imported dbs. It could be I'm not looking in the right place.
I'm trying to determine the most efficient way to maintain my db schema within symfony/doctrine ... My understanding was that I would need to explicitly define certain associations manually but I'm not sure what the exact requirements would be OR if perhaps I'm simply not passing in the correct arguments to create my annotated associations via generate:entities.
Can someone point me to any docs that refer to what I'm talking about or explain the proper approach to defining complex associations within doctrine? Thank you.
$ php app/console doctrine:mapping:convert annotation ./src to generate entity classes with annotation mappings, before running :
$ php app/console doctrine:generate:entities DBImportTestBundle
there is a cookbook for that
How DISABLED generate set and get for entity?
app/console doctrine:generate:entities AppAdminBundle
Generate the getter and setter for the entity is the main goal of the doctrine:generate:entities command (http://symfony.com/doc/current/book/doctrine.html#generating-getters-and-setters).
If you only need the entities, call the doctrine:generate:entity command (http://symfony.com/doc/current/book/doctrine.html#creating-an-entity-class).