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First lets create a new Doctrine_Query instance to work with:
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// test.php
// ...
$q = Doctrine_Query::create()
->from('User u')
->leftJoin('u.Phonenumber p')
->limit(20);
Now lets create the Doctrine_View instance and pass it the Doctrine_Query instance as
well as a name for identifying that database view:
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// test.php
// ...
$view
= new Doctrine_View($q, 'RetrieveUsersAndPhonenumbers');
Now we can easily create the view by using the Doctrine_View::create() method:
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// test.php
// ...
try {
$view->create();
} catch (Exception $e) {}
Alternatively if you want to drop the database view you use the Doctrine_View::drop()
method:
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// test.php
// ...
try {
$view->drop();
} catch (Exception $e) {}
Using views are extremely easy. Just use the Doctrine_View::execute() for executing
the view and returning the results just as a normal Doctrine_Query object would:
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// test.php
// ...
$users
= $view->execute();
foreach ($users as $user) {
print_r($us->toArray());
}
Conclusion
We now have been exposed to a very large percentage of the core functionality provided by
Doctrine. The next chapters of this book are documentation that cover some of the optional
functionality that can help make your life easier on a day to day basis.
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