DoctrineORM Module for Zend Framework 2

Master:

The DoctrineORMModule module intends to integrate Doctrine 2 ORM with Zend Framework 2 quickly and easily. The following features are intended to work out of the box:

• Doctrine ORM support
• Multiple ORM entity managers
• Multiple DBAL connections
• Support reuse existing PDO connections in DBAL

Requirements

Zend Framework 2

Installation

Installation of this module uses composer. For composer documentation, please refer to getcomposer.org.

Installation steps

1. cd my/project/directory

2. create a composer.json file with following contents:

   {
       "require": {
           "doctrine/DoctrineORMModule": "dev-master"
       }
   }

3. install composer via curl -s http://getcomposer.org/installer | php (on windows, download http://getcomposer.org/installer and execute it with PHP)

4. run php composer.phar install

5. open my/project/directory/configs/application.config.php and add following keys to your modules (in this order)

   'DoctrineModule',
   'DoctrineORMModule',

6. drop vendor/doctrine/DoctrineORMModule/config/module.doctrine_orm.local.php.dist into your application's config/autoload directory, rename it to module.doctrine_orm.local.php and make the appropriate changes.

7. create directory my/project/directory/data/DoctrineORMModule/Proxy and make sure your application has write access to it.

Usage

Command Line

Access the Doctrine command line as following

./vendor/bin/doctrine-module

Service Locator

Access the entity manager using the following di alias:

<?php
$em = $this->getServiceLocator()->get('Doctrine\ORM\EntityManager');

Injection

You can also inject the EntityManager directly in your controllers/services:

class MyController extends \Zend\Mvc\Controller\ActionController
{
    public function __construct(\Doctrine\ORM\EntityManager $em) {
        $this->em = $em;
        // now you can use the EntityManager!
    }
}