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:

YAML

# config/packages/doctrine.yaml
doctrine:
    orm:
        # ...
        dql:
            string_functions:
                test_string: App\DQL\StringFunction
                second_string: App\DQL\SecondStringFunction
            numeric_functions:
                test_numeric: App\DQL\NumericFunction
            datetime_functions:
                test_datetime: App\DQL\DatetimeFunction

XML

<!-- config/packages/doctrine.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
        https://symfony.com/schema/dic/services/services-1.0.xsd
        http://symfony.com/schema/dic/doctrine
        https://symfony.com/schema/dic/doctrine/doctrine-1.0.xsd">
    <doctrine:config>
        <doctrine:orm>
            <!-- ... -->
            <doctrine:dql>
                <doctrine:string-function name="test_string">App\DQL\StringFunction</doctrine:string-function>
                <doctrine:string-function name="second_string">App\DQL\SecondStringFunction</doctrine:string-function>
                <doctrine:numeric-function name="test_numeric">App\DQL\NumericFunction</doctrine:numeric-function>
                <doctrine:datetime-function name="test_datetime">App\DQL\DatetimeFunction</doctrine:datetime-function>
            </doctrine:dql>
        </doctrine:orm>
    </doctrine:config>
</container>

PHP

// config/packages/doctrine.php
use App\DQL\DatetimeFunction;
use App\DQL\NumericFunction;
use App\DQL\SecondStringFunction;
use App\DQL\StringFunction;
$container->loadFromExtension('doctrine', [
    'orm' => [
        // ...
        'dql' => [
            'string_functions' => [
                'test_string'   => StringFunction::class,
                'second_string' => SecondStringFunction::class,
            ],
            'numeric_functions' => [
                'test_numeric' => NumericFunction::class,
            ],
            'datetime_functions' => [
                'test_datetime' => DatetimeFunction::class,
            ],
        ],
    ],
]);

Note

In case the entity_managers were named explicitly, configuring the functions with the ORM directly will trigger the exception Unrecognized option "dql" under "doctrine.orm". The dql configuration block must be defined under the named entity manager.

YAML

# config/packages/doctrine.yaml
doctrine:
    orm:
        # ...
        entity_managers:
            example_manager:
                # Place your functions here
                dql:
                    datetime_functions:
                        test_datetime: App\DQL\DatetimeFunction

XML

<!-- config/packages/doctrine.xml -->
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<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
        https://symfony.com/schema/dic/services/services-1.0.xsd
        http://symfony.com/schema/dic/doctrine
        https://symfony.com/schema/dic/doctrine/doctrine-1.0.xsd">
    <doctrine:config>
        <doctrine:orm>
            <!-- ... -->
            <doctrine:entity-manager name="example_manager">
                <!-- place your functions here -->
                <doctrine:dql>
                    <doctrine:datetime-function name="test_datetime">
                        App\DQL\DatetimeFunction
                    </doctrine:datetime-function>
                </doctrine:dql>
            </doctrine:entity-manager>
        </doctrine:orm>
    </doctrine:config>
</container>

PHP

// config/packages/doctrine.php
use App\DQL\DatetimeFunction;
$container->loadFromExtension('doctrine', [
    'orm' => [
        // ...
        'entity_managers' => [
            'example_manager' => [
                // place your functions here
                'dql' => [
                    'datetime_functions' => [
                        'test_datetime' => DatetimeFunction::class,
                    ],
                ],
            ],
        ],
    ],
]);

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