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:
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;
