What do you use instead of ENUM in doctrine2?

Question

What do you use instead of ENUM in Doctrine2? smallint? I thought of using varchar, or explicitly define char, but this may not be very effective when it comes to indexes, or am

Answer 1

You should use fre5h/DoctrineEnumBundle for doctrine when using symfony:

Example of using

Create a class for new ENUM type BasketballPositionType:

 'Point Guard',
        self::SHOOTING_GUARD => 'Shooting Guard',
        self::SMALL_FORWARD => 'Small Forward',
        self::POWER_FORWARD => 'Power Forward',
        self::CENTER => 'Center'
    ];
}

Register BasketballPositionType for Doctrine in config.yml:

doctrine:
    dbal:
        types:
            BasketballPositionType: App\DBAL\Types\BasketballPositionType

Create a Player entity that has a position field:

id;
    }

    public function setPosition(string $position)
    {
        $this->position = $position;
    }

    public function getPosition(): string
    {
        return $this->position;
    }
}

Now you can set a position for Player inside some action or somewhere else:

$player->setPosition(BasketballPositionType::POINT_GUARD);