We are retro-engineering a web application using a postgres database. We want to refactor the code using the symfony framework but we are facing a problem to use the database with it.
For the moment our project is working with a MySQL database just using the same structure for the used tables. The problem is that, now, we need to use the postgresql database because there is a lot of data and it's not really adapted to MySQL as far as we know.
We made a lot of research but we didn't succeed to create a postgresql database in the symfony project.
First, we tried to apply this tutorial : http://www.tutodidacte.com/symfony2-utiliser-une-base-de-donnee-postgresql we adapted it as much as possible for our project.
Here is our config.yml
imports:
- { resource: parameters.yml }
- { resource: security.yml }
- { resource: services.yml }
# Put parameters here that don't need to change on each machine where the app is deployed
# http://symfony.com/doc/current/best_practices/configuration.html#application-related-configuration
parameters:
locale: en
framework:
#esi: ~
#translator: { fallbacks: ["%locale%"] }
secret: "%secret%"
router:
resource: "%kernel.root_dir%/config/routing.yml"
strict_requirements: ~
form: ~
csrf_protection: ~
validation: { enable_annotations: true }
#serializer: { enable_annotations: true }
templating:
engines: ['twig']
default_locale: "%locale%"
trusted_hosts: ~
trusted_proxies: ~
session:
# http://symfony.com/doc/current/reference/configuration/framework.html#handler-id
handler_id: session.handler.native_file
save_path: "%kernel.root_dir%/../var/sessions/%kernel.environment%"
fragments: ~
http_method_override: true
assets: ~
# Twig Configuration
twig:
debug: "%kernel.debug%"
strict_variables: "%kernel.debug%"
# Doctrine Configuration
doctrine:
dbal:
default_connection: default
connections:
#Mysql
default:
driver: pdo_mysql
host: "%database_host%"
port: "%database_port%"
dbname: "%database_name%"
user: "%database_user%"
password: "%database_password%"
charset: UTF8
#Postgresql
pgsql:
driver: pdo_pgsql
host: localhost
port: 5432
dbname: "%psql_database_name%"
user: root
password: "%psql_database_password%"
charset: UTF8
#mapping_types:
#geometry: string
orm:
default_entity_manager: default
auto_generate_proxy_classes: "%kernel.debug%"
#naming_strategy: doctrine.orm.naming_strategy.underscore
#auto_mapping: true
entity_managers:
default:
connection: default
# lister les Bundles utilisant la connexion par defaut
#mappings:
#monprojetmysqlBundle: ~
#tutoUserBundle: ~
pgsql:
connection: pgsql # connection name for your additional DB
# bundles utilisant la connexion Postgresql
#mappings:
# PostgresqlBundle: ~
# Swiftmailer Configuration
swiftmailer:
transport: "%mailer_transport%"
host: "%mailer_host%"
username: "%mailer_user%"
password: "%mailer_password%"
spool: { type: memory }
but when we launched this command : php bin/console doctrine:database:create --connection=pgsql we had this answer :
[Doctrine\DBAL\Exception\DriverException]
An exception occured in driver: could not find driver
[Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\PDOException]
could not find driver
[PDOException]
could not find driver
doctrine:database:create [--connection [CONNECTION]] [--if-not-exists] [-h|--help] [-q|--quiet] [-v|vv|vvv|--verbose] [-V|--version] [--ansi] [--no-ansi] [-n|--no-interaction] [-e|--env ENV] [--no-debug] [--] <command>
It seems that we don't have the module pdo_pgsql so we searched how to install it.
To do it, we applied the script proposed on this github page : https://gist.github.com/doole/8651341#file-install_psql_php-sh
We changed the version of postgres.app to 9.5.
After a few tries, we finally succeeded to have pdo_pgsql on the result of php -m.
But know, we have this answer when we launch the command : php bin/console doctrine:database:create --connection=pgsql
PHP Warning: PHP Startup: pdo_pgsql: Unable to initialize module
Module compiled with module API=20131226
PHP compiled with module API=20121212
These options need to match
in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning: PHP Startup: pgsql: Unable to initialize module
Module compiled with module API=20131226
PHP compiled with module API=20121212
These options need to match
in Unknown on line 0
[Doctrine\DBAL\Exception\DriverException]
An exception occured in driver: could not find driver
[Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\PDOException]
could not find driver
[PDOException]
could not find driver
doctrine:database:create [--connection [CONNECTION]] [--if-not-exists] [-h|--help] [-q|--quiet] [-v|vv|vvv|--verbose] [-V|--version] [--ansi] [--no-ansi] [-n|--no-interaction] [-e|--env ENV] [--no-debug] [--] <command>
We tried to do this : Install PHP with Postgresql on MAC using homebrew
but it didn't change anything. Now we have 5 PHP WARNING for pdo_pgsql and pgsql when we launch the command php bin/console doctrine:database:create --connection=pgsql
We have also seen this :
How to change a database to postgresql with Symfony 2.0? and this : How to create 2 connections (mysql and postgresql) with Doctrine2 in Symfony2 but it didn't really help because the first one concern debian and we are working on OS X El Capitan and the second one don't tell more than the previous tutorial.
Finally, the only hope we have is that someone can help us...
Thank you in advance.