Generate YAML schema or models for Doctrine from MySQL database

Question

Is it somehow possible to automatically generate a YAML schema file or models from an existing MySQL database?

I need to create models for Doctrine but writing the model classes manually seems extremely boring to me. I already have MySQL database with tables and all relations so it would help me if there is some way to generate Doctrine models from it.

Answer 1

If you are using doctrine 2:

http://www.doctrine-project.org/docs/orm/2.0/en/reference/tools.html#reverse-engineering

Answer 2

Yes, it is possible ;-)

For Doctrine 1.2, take a look at the Command Line Interface : amongst other utilities, you have the possibity to generate the YAML files from an existing database.

And, for Doctrine 2.0, you'll want to take a look at Reverse Engineering