I use Symfony 2 and the ORM Doctrine. I want to create and register a custom DQL function. In fact, I want to use the SQL function "CAST" in my request, like this :
$qb = $this->_em->createQueryBuilder(); $qb->select('d') ->from('\Test\MyBundle\Entity\MyEntity', 'd') ->orderBy('CAST(d.myField AS UNSIGNED)', 'ASC') return $qb->getQuery()->getResult(); For this, I have created a "CastFunction" who extend "FunctionNode" :
namespace Test\MyBundle\DQL; use Doctrine\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\FunctionNode; use Doctrine\ORM\Query\Lexer; use Doctrine\ORM\Query\SqlWalker; use Doctrine\ORM\Query\Parser; class CastFunction extends FunctionNode { public $firstDateExpression = null; public $secondDateExpression = null; public function parse(\Doctrine\ORM\Query\Parser $parser) { $parser->match(Lexer::T_IDENTIFIER); $parser->match(Lexer::T_OPEN_PARENTHESIS); $this->firstDateExpression = $parser->ArithmeticPrimary(); $parser->match(Lexer::T_IDENTIFIER); $this->secondDateExpression = $parser->ArithmeticPrimary(); $parser->match(Lexer::T_CLOSE_PARENTHESIS); } public function getSql(\Doctrine\ORM\Query\SqlWalker $sqlWalker) { return sprintf('CAST(%s AS %s)', $this->firstDateExpression->dispatch($sqlWalker), $this->secondDateExpression->dispatch($sqlWalker)); } } Of course, I have registered this class in my config.yml :
doctrine: orm: dql: string_functions: CAST: Test\MyBundle\DQL\CastFunction Now, when I try my request, I obtain the following error:
"[Semantical Error] line 0, col 83 near 'UNSIGNED)': Error: 'UNSIGNED' is not defined."
I search but I don't where is the problem!
Have you got a idea?