How can I use DATE() in Doctrine 2 DQL?

Question

IN Symfony, when i used the following query with DATE function in the mysql i get a error

    SELECT employer.companyName AS employerName, jobs.jobId, jobs.         


        

Answer 1

DQL is only aware of few standard sql functions (coalesce for example). To be able to use your custom function you need to register it and tell doctrine how to translate it into raw sql. Follow these guides:

Symfony Doc

Doctrine Doc

And check my answer here

Answer 2

Or if you don't want add a new dependency, you can use code like this:

$dateTime = new \DateTime();
$qb
   ->andWhere('jobs.endDate BETWEEN :dateMin AND :dateMax')
   ->setParameters(
       [
            'dateMin' => $dateTime->format('Y-m-d 00:00:00'),
            'dateMax' => $dateTime->format('Y-m-d 23:59:59'),
       ]
    );

Answer 3

In addition to the accepted answer there are a tonne of pre-built custom functions available at https://github.com/beberlei/DoctrineExtensions .

These can be then registered in your config like

doctrine:
    orm:
        dql:
            string_functions:
                DATE: DoctrineExtensions\Query\Mysql\Date

and can then be used in your DQL (as in your query) like

DATE(jobs.endDate) AS endDate