How to overwrite an Entity in Symfony2 bundle

Question

I'm using FOSUserBundle for Symfony2, and I need to be able to register a user without validating if the email is Unique, I just need a valid email so many users can have the same email ( I know this is weird, but I need it).

I have an entity "User" in a bundle that extends FOSUserBundle, is it possible to overwrite the column definition of emailCanonical to eliminate the unique parameter and remove the validation from the FormType?

I'm using Annotation for mapping my Entities and YML for validation of my forms.

Answer 1

I had a similar issue few weeks ago. The only solution is to extend model instead of entity:

use FOS\UserBundle\Model\User as BaseUser;

class User extends BaseUser

The downside is that you have to also copy everything from FOS User entity to your User entity. On the other hand, you can adjust the functionality to your needs.