How to add a count number to an array of data : Doctrine - symfony

Question

In fact, after returning a result of data from the database using Doctrine,
I'm trying to add the row count number, without calling another query request.
This is my function:
public function search(QueryBuilder $qb, string $search)
{
$qb = $qb->addSelect('COUNT(n) as count');
$search = $this->escape($search);
$qb->andWhere(
$qb->expr()->like('n.title', $qb->expr()->literal('%'.$search.'%'))
);
$qb->setMaxResults(2);
}
This is my DQL:
SELECT n, COUNT(n) as count FROM CoreBundle\Entity\News n LEFT JOIN n.category c WHERE n.title LIKE '%re%'
And I need to return as a result a all my data with a count key that refer to the number of rows.
The problem that I'm getting only the first row with id = 1, and it seems that the count number is correct.
So the result should by something like that:
['count' => 2 , [Newsn1,Newsn2]
Don't tell me to use array_count because I need to get the count of rows in the database, and I have a setMaxResults function, so I will not get a real number of rows.

Answer 1

I don't know the configuration of your table, I just can imagine. So, here's my try:
For getting counts for all titles in your table:
# SQL
SELECT COUNT(id) AS count, GROUP_CONCAT(title SEPARATOR ', ') AS titles FROM newses GROUP BY title
# DQL. assuming you are using a Repository method:
$qb = $this->createQueryBuilder('n');
$qb
->select("COUNT(n.id) AS count, GROUP_CONCAT(n.title SEPARATOR ', ') AS titles")
->leftJoin('n.category', 'c')
->groupBy('n.title')
;
return $qb->getQuery()->getArrayResult();
For getting counts for a particular title:
# SQL
SELECT COUNT(id) AS count, GROUP_CONCAT(title SEPARATOR ', ') AS titles FROM newses WHERE n.title LIKE '%news%' GROUP BY title
# NewsRepository.php
public function getTitlesCount($title)
{
$qb = $this->createQueryBuilder('n');
$qb
->select("COUNT(n.id) AS count, GROUP_CONCAT(n.title SEPARATOR ', ') AS titles")
->leftJoin('n.category', 'c')
->where('n.title LIKE :title')
->setParameter('title', "%{$title}%")
->groupBy('n.title')
;
return $qb->getQuery()->getArrayResult();
}