Jul
22
Doctrine and MySQL integers
I just pasted this somewhere handy for my own reference. It’s the logic Doctrine uses to translate the integer data types you specify in schema.yml into a MySQL data type. If you’ve ever wondered why the length you set on an integer isn’t directly translated to the table definition used in your database, here’s why.
For example, the id columns in sfDoctrineGuardPlugin are defined as integer(4), which translates to id INT in the table definition. Where did the 4 go? Now you know…
