Symfony Serializer of DateTime Response String

Question

When attempting to perform a doctrine query and serialze it to json (not using JSM, using the symfony serializer) I get the following in the json:

\"\"due\":{\"timez

Answer 1

You have 2 ways to get RFC3339 Datetime format ...

Option 1:

Add DateTimeNormalizer as normalizer. An example is https://symfony.com/doc/current/components/serializer.html#recursive-denormalization-and-type-safety.

Change

$normalizer = array(new ObjectNormalizer());

by

$normalizer = array(new DateTimeNormalizer(), new ObjectNormalizer());

Option 2

More simple is using "serializer" container service ... your code will look like ...

public function blahAction(Request $request)
{
    $currentUser = $this->getUser();
    $em = $this->getDoctrine()->getManager();
    $blahs = $em->getRepository('AppBundle:blah')->findAllByStatus($currentUser,'TODO');
    $response = new Response($this->get('serializer')->serialize($blahs, 'json'));
    $response->headers->set('Content-Type', 'application/json');
    return $response;
}

.. or, if your prefer autowiring way (this code is unchecked)

public function blahAction(Request $request, \Symfony\Component\Serializer\SerializerInterface $serializer)
{
    $currentUser = $this->getUser();
    $em = $this->getDoctrine()->getManager();
    $blahs = $em->getRepository('AppBundle:blah')->findAllByStatus($currentUser,'TODO');
    $response = new Response($serializer->serialize($blahs, 'json'));
    $response->headers->set('Content-Type', 'application/json');
    return $response;
}