multiple counts on an object in a doctrine 2 query - php

Question

I am trying to do multiple counts on an entity in a doctrine 2 query.
I am able to get the count correctly when I do a single count but run into problems when I do multiple counts in the same query.
Also, my query returns the entity; but I don't want the entity. I just want the counts.
This is my query;
public function getMessagesCount()
{
$qb = $this->queryBuilder();
$qb->select(array('u','count(fa)as favouritesAdded','count(se)as sentMessages' ))
->from('BaseModel\Entity\User','u')
->leftJoin('u.theFavouriteAdded', 'fa')
->leftJoin('u.sentMessagesObject', 'se')
->where('u.id = :identifier')
->setParameter('identifier',(int)$this->getUserId());
$query = $qb->getQuery();
return $data = $query->getArrayResult();
}
This query returns the same numbers for both counts (i.e both incorrectly returned a count of 20 each)
However, when I did just a single count for each; they query returned the correct account each time. i.e;
public function getMessagesCounts()
{
$qb = $this->queryBuilder();
$qb->select(array('u','count(fa)as favouritesAdded' ))
->from('BaseModel\Entity\User','u')
->leftJoin('u.theFavouriteAdded', 'fa')
// ->leftJoin('u.sentMessagesObject', 'se')
->where('u.id = :identifier')
->setParameter('identifier',(int)$this->getUserId());
$query = $qb->getQuery();
return $data = $query->getArrayResult();
}
I tried adding a group by to the query; but it still returned the incorrect numbers.i.e
->groupBy("u.favouritesAdded","u.sentMessages")
What is the correct way to do a multiple count on a query?

Answer 1

For single count:
(returns count without returning entities)
public function getMessagesCounts()
{
$qb = $this->queryBuilder();
$qb->select('count(se)')
->from('BaseModel\Entity\User','u')
->leftJoin('u.sentMessagesObject', 'se')
->where('u.id = :identifier')
->setParameter('identifier', (int) $this->getUserId());
return $qb->$query->getResult();
}
For two in one count:
public function getMessagesCounts()
{
$qb = $this->queryBuilder();
$qb->select('count(fa), count(se)')
->from('BaseModel\Entity\User','u')
->leftJoin('u.theFavouriteAdded', 'fa')
->leftJoin('u.sentMessagesObject', 'se')
->where('u.id = :identifier')
->setParameter('identifier', (int) $this->getUserId());
return $qb->$query->getResult();
}