Question

In my repository class i use:

public function getItemsByTag($tag)
{
    $qb = $this->createQueryBuilder('c')
               ->select('c')
               ->where('c.tags LIKE %bipolar%')
               ->addOrderBy('c.id');

    return $qb->getQuery()
              ->getResult();
}

But unfortunately this doesn’t work.. Anybody knows how this can work? Or do I have to build a custom query without the QueryBuilder?

Thanks!

Answer 1

If you don’t want to substitute your query with variables but use a static string you have to put the string in apostrophes.

You have to use apostrophes instead of quotes! Otherwise the Doctrine2 Lexer will throw an Exception.

So in your case Mike you can use:

'c.tags LIKE \'%bipolar%\''

or

"c.tags like '%bipolar%'"