doctrine2/en/cookbook/integrating-with-codeigniter.rst

Integrating with CodeIgniter
============================

This is recipe for using Doctrine 2 in your
`CodeIgniter <http://www.codeigniter.com>`_ framework.

.. note::

    This might not work for all CodeIgniter versions and may require
    slight adjustments.


Here is how to set it up:

Make a CodeIgniter library that is both a wrapper and a bootstrap
for Doctrine 2.

Setting up the file structure
-----------------------------

Here are the steps:


-  Add a php file to your system/application/libraries folder
   called Doctrine.php. This is going to be your wrapper/bootstrap for
   the D2 entity manager.
-  Put the Doctrine folder (the one that contains Common, DBAL, and
   ORM) inside that same libraries folder.
-  Your system/application/libraries folder now looks like this:

   system/applications/libraries -Doctrine -Doctrine.php -index.html

-  If you want, open your config/autoload.php file and autoload
   your Doctrine library.

   <?php $autoload['libraries'] = array('doctrine');


Creating your Doctrine CodeIgniter library
------------------------------------------

Now, here is what your Doctrine.php file should look like.
Customize it to your needs.

.. code-block:: php

    <?php
    use Doctrine\Common\ClassLoader,
        Doctrine\ORM\Configuration,
        Doctrine\ORM\EntityManager,
        Doctrine\Common\Cache\ArrayCache,
        Doctrine\DBAL\Logging\EchoSQLLogger;
    
    class Doctrine {
    
      public $em = null;
    
      public function __construct()
      {
        // load database configuration from CodeIgniter
        require_once APPPATH.'config/database.php';
    
        // Set up class loading. You could use different autoloaders, provided by your favorite framework,
        // if you want to.
        require_once APPPATH.'libraries/Doctrine/Common/ClassLoader.php';
    
        $doctrineClassLoader = new ClassLoader('Doctrine',  APPPATH.'libraries');
        $doctrineClassLoader->register();
        $entitiesClassLoader = new ClassLoader('models', rtrim(APPPATH, "/" ));
        $entitiesClassLoader->register();
        $proxiesClassLoader = new ClassLoader('Proxies', APPPATH.'models/proxies');
        $proxiesClassLoader->register();
    
        // Set up caches
        $config = new Configuration;
        $cache = new ArrayCache;
        $config->setMetadataCacheImpl($cache);
        $driverImpl = $config->newDefaultAnnotationDriver(array(APPPATH.'models/Entities'));
        $config->setMetadataDriverImpl($driverImpl);
        $config->setQueryCacheImpl($cache);

        $config->setQueryCacheImpl($cache);
    
        // Proxy configuration
        $config->setProxyDir(APPPATH.'/models/proxies');
        $config->setProxyNamespace('Proxies');
    
        // Set up logger
        $logger = new EchoSQLLogger;
        $config->setSQLLogger($logger);
    
        $config->setAutoGenerateProxyClasses( TRUE );
    
        // Database connection information
        $connectionOptions = array(
            'driver' => 'pdo_mysql',
            'user' =>     $db['default']['username'],
            'password' => $db['default']['password'],
            'host' =>     $db['default']['hostname'],
            'dbname' =>   $db['default']['database']
        );
    
        // Create EntityManager
        $this->em = EntityManager::create($connectionOptions, $config);
      }
    }

Please note that this is a development configuration; for a
production system you'll want to use a real caching system like
APC, get rid of EchoSqlLogger, and turn off
autoGenerateProxyClasses.

For more details, consult the
`Doctrine 2 Configuration documentation <http://www.doctrine-project.org/documentation/manual/2_0/en/configuration#configuration-options>`_.

Now to use it
-------------

Whenever you need a reference to the entity manager inside one of
your controllers, views, or models you can do this:

.. code-block:: php

    <?php
    $em = $this->doctrine->em;

That's all there is to it. Once you get the reference to your
EntityManager do your Doctrine 2.0 voodoo as normal.

Note: If you do not choose to autoload the Doctrine library, you
will need to put this line before you get a reference to it:

.. code-block:: php

    <?php
    $this->load->library('doctrine');

Good luck!