How to set the default hydrator in Doctrine? - php

Question

I can't find a way to set the default hydrator in Doctrine. It should be available. Right?
http://docs.doctrine-project.org/projects/doctrine1/en/latest/en/manual/data-hydrators.html#writing-hydration-method
The above documentation page explains how to create a custom hydrator. The drawback here is that you need to "specify" the hydrator each and every time you execute a query.

Answer 1

I figured this out by reading Chris Gutierrez's comment and changing some stuff.
First, define an extension class for Doctrine_Query. Extend the constructor to define your own hydration mode.
class App_Doctrine_Query extends Doctrine_Query
{
public function __construct(Doctrine_Connection $connection = null,
Doctrine_Hydrator_Abstract $hydrator = null)
{
parent::__construct($connection, $hydrator);
if ($hydrator === null) {
$this->setHydrationMode(Doctrine::HYDRATE_ARRAY); // I use this one the most
}
}
}
Then, in your bootstrap, tell Doctrine about your new class.
Doctrine_Manager::getInstance()->setAttribute(Doctrine_Core::ATTR_QUERY_CLASS, 'App_Doctrine_Query');
Chris Gutierrez defined the attribute for the connection instead of globally but I have more than one connection and I want to use this default for all of them.
Now you don't have to call Doctrine_Query::setHydrationMode() every time you build a query.
Here's more information
http://www.doctrine-project.org/projects/orm/1.2/docs/manual/configuration/en#configure-query-class
EDIT: Changes below
I have found a problem with the above. Specifically, doing something like "Doctrine_Core::getTable('Model')->find(1)" will always return a hydrated array, not an object. So I have altered this a bit, defining custom execute methods for use in a Query call.
Also, I added memory freeing code.
class App_Doctrine_Query extends Doctrine_Query
{
public function rows($params = array(), $hydrationMode = null)
{
if ($hydrationMode === null)
$hydrationMode = Doctrine_Core::HYDRATE_ARRAY;
$results = parent::execute($params, $hydrationMode);
$this->free(true);
return $results;
}
public function row($params = array(), $hydrationMode = null)
{
if ($hydrationMode === null)
$hydrationMode = Doctrine_Core::HYDRATE_ARRAY;
$results = parent::fetchOne($params, $hydrationMode);
$this->free(true);
return $results;
}
}

Answer 2

That'd be a great idea, and on reading your question I thought it'd be something you could do via Doctrine. However, reading through the code makes me think you can't:
Doctrine_Query::create() creates a new query specifying only the first argument of Doctrine_Query_Abstract::__construct(), the connection, without specifying the second argument - the hydration mode. No calls to configuration are made. As no hydrator is passed, a new Doctrine_Hydrator is created, and its constructor equally does not look anywhere for a configuration option, and thus it has the default Doctrine::HYDRATE_RECORD setting.
Perhaps subclassing Doctrine_Query with the below factory method is the easiest option?
public static function create($conn = null)
{
return new Doctrine_Query($conn,Doctrine::HYDRATE_ARRAY);
}