MySql Doctrine: find if given variable is IN array property

Question

I have class Task with categories array of integers property

class Task{
      /**
       * @var array
       *
       * @ORM\\Column(name=\"cat         


        

Answer 1

To the best of my knowledge this isn't possible in Doctrine directly as the array isn't technically an array until it has been unserialized from the database.

The only way I know to get the result you are looking for is to treat your database value as a string and search for the required string in that value using a like with wildcards.

$qb = $this->getDoctrine()->getRepository('CoreBundle:Task')->createQueryBuilder('t');
$qb->where('t.categories LIKE :category')
   ->setParameter('category', '%'.$category.'%');