Symfony/Doctrine: DateTime as primary key

Question

I am trying to make an Entity using a date as a primary key. The problem is that Symfony can\'t convert the DateTime I\'m using into a string to introduce it in the Identity

Answer 1

A roubust solution to this is to implement your own DBAL type, using a DateTime descendant with __toString() implemented:

format('c');
    }

    static function fromDateTime(\DateTime $dateTime) {
        return new static($dateTime->format('c'));
    }
}

class DateKeyType extends \Doctrine\DBAL\Types\DateType{
    public function convertToPHPValue($value, \Doctrine\DBAL\Platforms\AbstractPlatform $platform) {
        $value = parent::convertToPHPValue($value, $platform);
        if ($value !== NULL) {
            $value = DateKey::fromDateTime($value);
        }
        return $value;
    }
    public function getName()
    {
        return 'DateKey';
    }
}

\Doctrine\DBAL\Types\Type::addType('datekey', 'DateKeyType');
//edit: do not forget this after creating entity manager.
//otherwise, you will get into problems with doctrine database diff / migrations.
$platform = $entityManager->getConnection()->getDatabasePlatform();
$platform->registerDoctrineTypeMapping('datekey', 'datekey');
$platform->markDoctrineTypeCommented(\Doctrine\DBAL\Types\Type::getType('datekey'));