Doctrine extensions for PHPStan

• PHPStan
• Doctrine

This extension provides following features:

• DQL validation for parse errors, unknown entity classes and unknown persistent fields. QueryBuilder validation is also supported.
• Recognizes magic findBy*, findOneBy* and countBy* methods on EntityRepository.
• Validates entity fields in repository findBy, findBy*, findOneBy, findOneBy*, count and countBy* method calls.
• Interprets EntityRepository<MyEntity> correctly in phpDocs for further type inference of methods called on the repository.
• Provides correct return for Doctrine\ORM\EntityManager::getRepository().
• Provides correct return type for Doctrine\ORM\EntityManager::find, getReference and getPartialReference when Foo::class entity class name is provided as the first argument
• Adds missing matching method on Doctrine\Common\Collections\Collection. This can be turned off by setting parameters.doctrine.allCollectionsSelectable to false.
• Also supports Doctrine ODM.
• Analysis of discrepancies between entity column types and property field types.

Installation

To use this extension, require it in Composer:

composer require --dev phpstan/phpstan-doctrine

If you also install phpstan/extension-installer then you're all set!

includes:
    - vendor/phpstan/phpstan-doctrine/extension.neon

includes:
    - vendor/phpstan/phpstan-doctrine/rules.neon

Configuration

If your repositories have a common base class, you can configure it in your phpstan.neon and PHPStan will see additional methods you define in it:

parameters:
	doctrine:
		repositoryClass: MyApp\Doctrine\BetterEntityRepository

You can opt in for more advanced analysis by providing the object manager from your own application. This will allow the correct entity repositoryClass to be inferred when accessing $entityManager->getRepository(). Also, it allows DQL validation when enabled:

parameters:
	doctrine:
		objectManagerLoader: tests/object-manager.php

For example, in a Symfony project, object-manager.php would look something like this:

<?php

require __DIR__.'/../config/bootstrap.php';
$kernel = new \App\Kernel($_SERVER['APP_ENV'], (bool) $_SERVER['APP_DEBUG']);
$kernel->boot();
return $kernel->getContainer()->get('doctrine')->getManager();

In Symfony 5, the bootstrap file might be located in tests/ folder or even missing. Check the Symfony documentation about custom bootstrap process for more informations.

Custom types

If your application uses custom Doctrine types, you can write your own type descriptors to analyse them properly. Type descriptors implement the interface PHPStan\Type\Doctrine\Descriptors\DoctrineTypeDescriptor which looks like this:

<?php

public function getType(): string;

public function getWritableToPropertyType(): Type;

public function getWritableToDatabaseType(): Type;

• The getType() method simply returns the class name of the custom type.
• The getWritableToPropertyType() method returns the PHPStan type that the custom type will write into the entity's property field. Basically it is the return type of the custom type's convertToPHPValue() method.
• The getWritableToDatabaseType() method returns the PHPStan type that can be written from the entity's property field into the custom type. Again, basically it's the allowed type for the custom type's convertToDatabaseValue()'s first argument.

Generally, at least for most of Doctrine's native types, these last two methods will return the same type, but it is not always the case. One example would be the datetime type, which allows you to set any \DateTimeInterface into to property field, but will always contain the \DateTime type when loaded from the database.

Nullable types

Type descriptors don't have to deal with nullable types, as these are transparently added/removed from the descriptor's types as needed. Therefore you don't have to return the union type of your custom type and NullType from the descriptor's methods, even if your custom type allows null.

ReflectionDescriptor

If your custom type's convertToPHPValue() and convertToDatabaseValue() methods have proper typehints, you don't have to write your own descriptor for it. The PHPStan\Type\Doctrine\Descriptors\ReflectionDescriptor can analyse the typehints and do the rest for you.

Registering type descriptors

When you write a custom type descriptor, you have to let PHPStan know about it. Add something like this into your phpstan.neon:

services:
	-
		class: MyCustomTypeDescriptor
		tags: [phpstan.doctrine.typeDescriptor]

	# in case you are using the ReflectionDescriptor
	-
		factory: PHPStan\Type\Doctrine\Descriptors\ReflectionDescriptor('MyApp\MyCustomTypeName')
		tags: [phpstan.doctrine.typeDescriptor]