[PR #9961] Deprecate EntityManager::create() #12005

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admin · 2026-01-22T16:12:36+01:00

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2026-01-22 16:12:36 +01:00

Original Pull Request: https://github.com/doctrine/orm/pull/9961

State: closed
Merged: Yes

Now that the entity manager's constructor is public, why not make it the only way to construct an EM?

The only additional feature that create() has is that you can pass the connection parameters instead of a real DBAL connection. However, I believe that bootstrapping the DBAL connection is a concern that belongs into the DBAL library and the DBAL's DriverManager class already does a fine job in that regard.

This is why I believe that we shouldn't need the create() method anymore.

**Original Pull Request:** https://github.com/doctrine/orm/pull/9961 **State:** closed **Merged:** Yes --- Now that the entity manager's constructor is public, why not make it the only way to construct an EM? The only additional feature that `create()` has is that you can pass the connection parameters instead of a real DBAL connection. However, I believe that bootstrapping the DBAL connection is a concern that belongs into the DBAL library and the DBAL's `DriverManager` class already does a fine job in that regard. This is why I believe that we shouldn't need the `create()` method anymore.

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[PR #12005] Deprecate not using native lazy objects on PHP 8.4+ #13400

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