Visual definitions editor for Doctrine ORM

Innovative approach to Doctrine ORM definition files

Writing Doctrine definitions manually is a really time consuming task, isn't it? But there is much more effective way how to work with Doctrine ORM framework.

ORM Designer brings a revolutionary approach to Doctrine definitions work flow. Create graphic model of your application in ORM Designer's intuitive GUI and then just export the definition files. Besides the huge time savings (up to 70%) you get many other benefits for your Doctrine ORM project.

All key features and benefits for Doctrine ORM are summarized in the following tables.

Doctrine definitions import and export

Start can't be easier! With built-in wizard you simply import your Doctrine project and ORM Designer creates the graphical schema. Your Doctrine model is automatically arranged and divided into modules. When you're done with changes, just export the definition files by a single click.

Basic model designing

New Doctrine model can be created by inserting modules and entities and connecting them with associations or inheritances. Next step is to configure ORM Properties for each model object (entite, association,...) in sophisticated ORM Property Editor and you are done.

Navigation through the model

Another great feature of ORM Designer is a project tree. Thanks to its full-text searching ability the project tree replaces searching for specific entity (or other model object) of your schema. So with this feature you can really quickly explore your model.

Doctrine Behaviors support

All behaviors available in Doctrine ORM are supported by ORM Designer. No more writing large amount of definitions! Just choose the behavior from a list and fill required properties. You can also configure nested behaviors, insert multiple behaviors and sort them. With ORM Designer all Doctrine behaviors are created in a few minutes.

Associations (one-to-one, one-to-many, many-to-many)

For a simple Doctrine associations defining there is a special wizard for one-to-one, one-to-many and many-to-many associations. It helps you to select owner and inverse entity, MN entity or to specify and choose correct aliases. All can be done in easy GUI way.

Inheritance

Inheritance is another complex feature of Doctrine ORM. ORM Designer's wizard simplifies this task as well. You are guided through inheritance creating. With ORM Designer, Doctrine inheritance won't be confusing for you anymore.

Indexes

Indexes are very simple feature. But ORM Designer can simplify them even more. With built-in editor you can quickly define indexes for your entities.

Supported formats for Doctrine ORM

Standard Doctrine YML (YAML) format is supported by ORM Designer. You can import and export your Doctrine project in this file format.

External tools

Common external tools can be simple defined to run directly from ORM Designer. Just enter its executable-path, arguments and default path.

MVC Frameworks

Doctrine ORM can be used with any existing MVC Framework.

In ORM Designer, there is an explicit support for the two most used MVC Frameworks: Symfony (and Symfony2) and Zend Framework (and Zend2). Nevertheless, using of any other MVC framework in ORM Designer is simple too, during new project configuration just choose "Without MVC".

ORM Designer customization

As said above, all available features of Doctrine ORM is supported by ORM Designer. However, in some case you may need to customize something. Well, it is possible.

In ORM Designer you can very simply extend or customize existing configurations by defining the own datatypes, custom properties, adding new behaviors or changing existing properties. More details you can find in the article about customization.

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