Typed Properties and default column/association types #6358

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admin · 2026-01-22T15:31:41+01:00

admin commented

2026-01-22 15:31:41 +01:00

Originally created by @beberlei on GitHub (Dec 1, 2019).

Feature Request

Q	A
New Feature	yes
RFC	no
BC Break	no

Summary

When declaring a type on a property, this should act as a default for field type or ManyToOne/OneToOne targetEntity.

class User
{
    /** @ORM\Column */
    public int $id; // defaults to type="integer"

   /** @ORM\ManyToOne */
   public Email $email; // defaults to targetEntity=Email::class
}

The relevant code would be in ClassMetadataInfo::mapField, mapManyToOne and mapOneToOne. Whenever type or targetEntity is missing, it could look this up in reflection property instead if it has a type.

Originally created by @beberlei on GitHub (Dec 1, 2019). ### Feature Request | Q | A |------------ | ------ | New Feature | yes | RFC | no | BC Break | no #### Summary When declaring a type on a property, this should act as a default for field type or ManyToOne/OneToOne targetEntity. ```php class User { /** @ORM\Column */ public int $id; // defaults to type="integer" /** @ORM\ManyToOne */ public Email $email; // defaults to targetEntity=Email::class } ``` The relevant code would be in `ClassMetadataInfo::mapField`, `mapManyToOne` and `mapOneToOne`. Whenever `type` or `targetEntity` is missing, it could look this up in reflection property instead if it has a type.

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2026-01-22 15:31:42 +01:00

admin commented

2026-01-22 15:31:42 +01:00

@renanbr commented on GitHub (Dec 2, 2019):

Could we expect it'll also detect nullable properties?

/** @ORM\Column */
public ?string $name;

@renanbr commented on GitHub (Dec 2, 2019): Could we expect it'll also detect `nullable` properties? ```php /** @ORM\Column */ public ?string $name; ```

admin commented

2026-01-22 15:31:42 +01:00

@Lustmored commented on GitHub (Jan 26, 2021):

I have submitted #8439 as an attempt to implement features discussed in this issue. It probably still needs work, but it would be great to get some feedback :)

@Lustmored commented on GitHub (Jan 26, 2021): I have submitted #8439 as an attempt to implement features discussed in this issue. It probably still needs work, but it would be great to get some feedback :)

admin commented

2026-01-22 15:31:43 +01:00

@beberlei commented on GitHub (Mar 21, 2021):

Fixed in #8439

@beberlei commented on GitHub (Mar 21, 2021): Fixed in #8439

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2026-01-22 16:05:57 +01:00

[PR #6358] ObjectHydrator: fixed initialization of left joined collections #9947

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