How to order by count in Doctrine 2? - sql-order-by

Question

I'm trying to group my entity by a field (year) and do a count of it.
Code:
public function countYear()
{
$qb = $this->getEntityManager()->createQueryBuilder();
$qb->select('b.year, COUNT(b.id)')
->from('\My\Entity\Album', 'b')
->where('b.year IS NOT NULL')
->addOrderBy('sclr1', 'DESC')
->addGroupBy('b.year');
$query = $qb->getQuery();
die($query->getSQL());
$result = $query->execute();
//die(print_r($result));
return $result;
}
I can't seem to say COUNT(b.id) AS count as it gives an error, and
I do not know what to use as the addOrderby(???, 'DESC') value?

Answer 1

There are many bugs and workarounds required to achieve order by expressions as of v2.3.0 or below:
The order by clause does not support expressions, but you can add a field with the expression to the select and order by it. So it's worth repeating that Tjorriemorrie's own solution actually works:
$qb->select('b.year, COUNT(b.id) AS mycount')
->from('\My\Entity\Album', 'b')
->where('b.year IS NOT NULL')
->orderBy('mycount', 'DESC')
->groupBy('b.year');
Doctrine chokes on equality (e.g. =, LIKE, IS NULL) in the select expression. For those cases the only solution I have found is to use a subselect or self-join:
$qb->select('b, (SELECT count(t.id) FROM \My\Entity\Album AS t '.
'WHERE t.id=b.id AND b.title LIKE :search) AS isTitleMatch')
->from('\My\Entity\Album', 'b')
->where('b.title LIKE :search')
->andWhere('b.description LIKE :search')
->orderBy('isTitleMatch', 'DESC');
To suppress the additional field from the result, you can declare it AS HIDDEN. This way you can use it in the order by without having it in the result.
$qb->select('b.year, COUNT(b.id) AS HIDDEN mycount')
->from('\My\Entity\Album', 'b')
->where('b.year IS NOT NULL')
->orderBy('mycount', 'DESC')
->groupBy('b.year');

Answer 2

what is the error you get when using COUNT(b.id) AS count? it might be because count is a reserved word. try COUNT(b.id) AS idCount, or similar.
alternatively, try $qb->addOrderby('COUNT(b.id)', 'DESC');.
what is your database system (mysql, postgresql, ...)?

Answer 3

If you want your Repository method to return an Entity you cannot use ->select(), but you can use ->addSelect() with a hidden select.
$qb = $this->createQueryBuilder('q')
->addSelect('COUNT(q.id) AS HIDDEN counter')
->orderBy('counter');
$result = $qb->getQuery()->getResult();
$result will be an entity class object.

Answer 4

Please try this code for ci 2 + doctrine 2
$where = " ";
$order_by = " ";
$row = $this->doctrine->em->createQuery("select a from company_group\models\Post a "
.$where." ".$order_by."")
->setMaxResults($data['limit'])
->setFirstResult($data['offset'])
->getResult();`