Doctrine 2 PDO Object

Where, oh where, is that pesky Doctrine 2 PDO object…

Doctrine actually uses a base class called \Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\PDOConnection which extends the native PHP PDO class. It’s used by all PDO-based drivers as the common database connection interface.

Code

Access to the \Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\PDOConnection instance can be gained through the Doctrine\ORM\EntityManager instance.

<?php

/* @var \Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\PDOConnection $pdo */
$pdo = $entityManager->getConnection()->getWrappedConnection();

API Docs

• \Doctrine\DBAL\Connection->getWrappedConnection()
• \Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\PDOConnection