# symfony/doctrine-bridge

Provides integration for Doctrine with various Symfony components

Repository: https://github.com/symfony/doctrine-bridge
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/doctrine-bridge
Homepage: https://symfony.com/doctrine-bridge
Language: PHP
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: php, symfony, component, symfony-component
Last push: 2026-08-22T13:46:33+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 95/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 87, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5426, "days_push": 11, "days_rel": 11, "gap_med": 0.0, "n_releases_24m": 73}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3220, forks 42 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:49.739026+00:00)

## What it is
A Symfony component that provides integration between Doctrine (ORM and DBAL) and various Symfony components such as forms, validation, security, and the dependency injection container. It is a core part of the Symfony framework's database tooling, used by millions of PHP applications.

## Use cases
- use Doctrine entities in Symfony forms and validation
- connect Doctrine ORM to a Symfony application's service container
- manage database entities and repositories in Symfony
- integrate Doctrine with Symfony security user providers
- configure database connections via Symfony environment variables
- register Doctrine entity managers and DBAL connections in Symfony DI

## When to choose
- you are building a Symfony application that uses Doctrine ORM or DBAL
- you need Doctrine entities to work seamlessly with Symfony forms, validation, or security
- you want framework-managed entity manager and connection configuration

## When to avoid
- you use Laravel, Laminas, or another non-Symfony PHP framework
- you use Doctrine without the Symfony framework
- you need a standalone ORM rather than a framework integration layer

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: orm, database, middleware, form-handling, security
- domain: web-development, backend, databases, developer-tools
- platform: php
- tags: symfony, doctrine, integration-bridge, entity-management, dbal, web-server

## Member repositories
- symfony/doctrine-bridge (main) score 95

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:49.739026+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:44:21.164971+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/symfony/doctrine-bridge (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:49.739026+00:00, sha f74736390d13)
  - homepage: https://symfony.com/doctrine-bridge (fetched 2026-08-29T09:37:55.041108+00:00, sha 787024b6b6c5)
  - site_page: https://symfony.com/doc (fetched 2026-08-29T09:37:55.043700+00:00, sha 44889134f4fb)
  - site_page: https://symfony.com/doc/current/doctrine.html (fetched 2026-08-29T09:37:55.045709+00:00, sha dceb3f7c6dac)
  - site_page: https://symfony.com/releases (fetched 2026-08-29T09:37:55.048286+00:00, sha 2fd410222cfe)
  - site_page: https://symfony.com/blog/category/releases (fetched 2026-08-29T09:37:55.050216+00:00, sha cdec5bd82c72)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.