Doctrine 2 update from entity

Question

Is it possible to update an entity in a similar way as below:

$data       = new ATest();  // my entity $data->id   = 1;            // id 1 already exists, I just want to update this row $data->name = "ORM Tested"; // changed the name  $entityManager->persist($data); $entityManager->flush(); 

This will insert and change the id of the object instead of updating the existing row in the database.

Answer 1

You should call merge instead of persist:

$data = new MyEntity(); $data->setId(123); $data->setName('test');  $entityManager->merge($data); $entityManager->flush(); 

Answer 2

I had to use

$entityManager->merge($data)