doctrine: QueryBuilder vs createQuery?

Question

In Doctrine you can create DQL in 2 ways:

EntityManager::createQuery:

$query = $em->createQuery(\'SELECT u FROM MyProject\\Model\         


        

Answer 1

They have different purposes:

• DQL is easier to use when you know your full query.
• Query builder is smarter when you have to build your query based on some conditions, loops etc.