How to set up entity (doctrine) for database view in Symfony 2

Question

Let's say I have a view table. And I want to get data from it to an entity. Can I (and how) create entity class to do that (no save operation needed)? I just want to display them.

Answer 1

There is nothing special in querying a view — it's just a virtual table. Set the table of your entity this way and enjoy:

/**
 * @ORM\Entity
 * @ORM\Table(name="your_view_table")
 */
class YourEntity {
    // ...
}