Based on the answer from Luis, you can do something more like the default findBy method.
First, create a default repository class that is going to be used by all your entities.
/* $config is the entity manager configuration object. */
$config->setDefaultRepositoryClassName( 'MyCompany\Repository' );
Or you can edit this in config.yml
doctrine: orm: default_repository_class: MyCompany\Repository
Then:
<?php
namespace MyCompany;
use Doctrine\ORM\EntityRepository;
class Repository extends EntityRepository {
public function findByNot( array $criteria, array $orderBy = null, $limit = null, $offset = null )
{
$qb = $this->getEntityManager()->createQueryBuilder();
$expr = $this->getEntityManager()->getExpressionBuilder();
$qb->select( 'entity' )
->from( $this->getEntityName(), 'entity' );
foreach ( $criteria as $field => $value ) {
// IF INTEGER neq, IF NOT notLike
if($this->getEntityManager()->getClassMetadata($this->getEntityName())->getFieldMapping($field)["type"]=="integer") {
$qb->andWhere( $expr->neq( 'entity.' . $field, $value ) );
} else {
$qb->andWhere( $expr->notLike( 'entity.' . $field, $qb->expr()->literal($value) ) );
}
}
if ( $orderBy ) {
foreach ( $orderBy as $field => $order ) {
$qb->addOrderBy( 'entity.' . $field, $order );
}
}
if ( $limit )
$qb->setMaxResults( $limit );
if ( $offset )
$qb->setFirstResult( $offset );
return $qb->getQuery()
->getResult();
}
}
The usage is the same than the findBy method, example:
$entityManager->getRepository( 'MyRepo' )->findByNot(
array( 'status' => Status::STATUS_DISABLED )
);