[FIXED] How can a bundle provide new column type to Doctrine ORM?

Issue

I would like to provide custom (doctrine orm) column type in a bundle, but I don't know how to register them:

Type::addType('my_col', 'MyColType');
$em->getConnection()->getDatabasePlatform()
   ->registerDoctrineTypeMapping('my_col', 'my_col');

MyBundleClass::boot() looks like a good place, but inside boot(), I can not access container.

Thank you.

Solution

You can use the property container of the Bundle class to retrieve the right entity manager (usually doctrine.orm.default_entity_manager)

use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Bundle\Bundle;
use Doctrine\ORM\EntityManager;

class AcmeMyBundle extends Bundle
{
    /**
     * {@inheritdoc}
     */
    public function boot()
    {
        /* @var EntityManager $em */
        $em = $this->container->get('doctrine.orm.default_entity_manager');

        $em->getConnection()->getDatabasePlatform()->registerDoctrineTypeMapping(...);
    }

Answered By - rolebi

Answer Checked By - Mary Flores (PHPFixing Volunteer)