How to set up entity (doctrine) for database view in Symfony 2

Question

Lets say i have a view table. And i want to get data from it to an entity. Can i (and how) create entity class to do that. (no save operation needed). I just want to display

Answer 1

There is nothing special in querying a view — it's just a virtual table. Set the table of your entity this way and enjoy:

/**
 * @ORM\Entity
 * @ORM\Table(name="your_view_table")
 */
class YourEntity {
    // ...
}