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Sam Selikoff
Sam Selikoff

Reputation: 12704

How to add an ORM entity to a model

My application is growing in complexity, and I'm finding that going from ORM entities directly to the view is insufficient.

I want to add models. They will take the data from my ORM entities, but also add some functionality. For example, my User ORM entity has an endDate property and a trial property. I'd like to add an isExpired method that ensures

  1. The endDate is later than today, and
  2. trial is false

(This is a simple example. My requirements are much more complex, which is why I want to move the logic outside of the view.)

What is the correct way to do this? Say I make a UserModel class. Will the User object be a property on that class, in addition to my other properties/methods? Will I be able to preserve Doctrines ability to fetch all objects in a single query?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 130

Answers (1)

Elnur Abdurrakhimov
Elnur Abdurrakhimov

Reputation: 44851

Why don't you just add the isExpired() method directly to the entity? No one forces you to keep just the DB stuff in the entities.

Upvotes: 1

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