doctrine · greg0ire · Sep 7, 2025 · Sep 6, 2025
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     "require-dev": {
         "doctrine/coding-standard": "^13",
         "doctrine/deprecations": "^1.0",
-        "doctrine/orm": "^3.1",
+        "doctrine/orm": "^3.4.4",
         "friendsofphp/proxy-manager-lts": "^1.0",
         "phpstan/phpstan": "2.1.1",
         "phpstan/phpstan-phpunit": "2.0.3",

diff --git a/config/orm.php b/config/orm.php
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
 use Doctrine\Persistence\Mapping\Driver\PHPDriver;
 use Doctrine\Persistence\Mapping\Driver\StaticPHPDriver;
 use Symfony\Bridge\Doctrine\ArgumentResolver\EntityValueResolver;
-use Symfony\Bridge\Doctrine\CacheWarmer\ProxyCacheWarmer;
 use Symfony\Bridge\Doctrine\Form\DoctrineOrmTypeGuesser;
 use Symfony\Bridge\Doctrine\Form\Type\EntityType;
 use Symfony\Bridge\Doctrine\SchemaListener\DoctrineDbalCacheAdapterSchemaListener;
@@ -70,9 +69,6 @@
         ->set('doctrine.orm.metadata.staticphp.class', StaticPHPDriver::class)
         ->set('doctrine.orm.metadata.attribute.class', AttributeDriver::class)
 
-        // cache warmer
-        ->set('doctrine.orm.proxy_cache_warmer.class', ProxyCacheWarmer::class)
-
         // form field factory guesser
         ->set('form.type_guesser.doctrine.class', DoctrineOrmTypeGuesser::class)
 
@@ -114,12 +110,6 @@
 
         ->alias(EntityManagerInterface::class, 'doctrine.orm.entity_manager')
 
-        ->set('doctrine.orm.proxy_cache_warmer', param('doctrine.orm.proxy_cache_warmer.class'))
-            ->tag('kernel.cache_warmer')
-            ->args([
-                service('doctrine'),
-            ])
-
         ->set('form.type_guesser.doctrine', param('form.type_guesser.doctrine.class'))
             ->tag('form.type_guesser')
             ->args([

diff --git a/config/schema/doctrine-1.0.xsd b/config/schema/doctrine-1.0.xsd
@@ -146,9 +146,6 @@
         </xsd:choice>
 
         <xsd:attribute name="default-entity-manager" type="xsd:string" />
-        <xsd:attribute name="proxy-dir" type="xsd:string" />
-        <xsd:attribute name="proxy-namespace" type="xsd:string" />
-        <xsd:attribute name="auto-generate-proxy-classes" type="xsd:string" default="false" />
         <xsd:attribute name="enable-native-lazy-objects" type="xsd:boolean" />
         <xsd:attributeGroup ref="entity-manager-config" />
     </xsd:complexType>

diff --git a/docs/en/configuration.rst b/docs/en/configuration.rst
@@ -213,12 +213,9 @@ Configuration Reference
             orm:
                 default_entity_manager: ~ # The first defined is used if not set
 
-                # Auto generate mode possible values are: "NEVER", "ALWAYS", "FILE_NOT_EXISTS", "EVAL", "FILE_NOT_EXISTS_OR_CHANGED"
-                auto_generate_proxy_classes:  false
-                proxy_dir:                    "%kernel.cache_dir%/doctrine/orm/Proxies"
-                proxy_namespace:              Proxies
-                # Enables the new native implementation of PHP lazy objects instead of generated proxies
-                enable_native_lazy_objects:   false
+                # No-op, will be deprecated and removed in the future
+                enable_native_lazy_objects:   true
+
                 identity_generation_preferences:
                     Doctrine\DBAL\Platforms\PostgreSQLPlatform: identity
 
@@ -494,13 +491,7 @@ Configuration Reference
 
                 </doctrine:dbal>
 
-                <!-- auto-generate-proxy-classes: Auto generate mode possible values are: "NEVER", "ALWAYS", "FILE_NOT_EXISTS", "EVAL, "FILE_NOT_EXISTS_OR_CHANGED" -->
-                <doctrine:orm
-                    default-entity-manager="default"
-                    auto-generate-proxy-classes="false"
-                    proxy-dir="%kernel.cache_dir%/doctrine/orm/Proxies"
-                    proxy-namespace="Proxies"
-                >
+                <doctrine:orm default-entity-manager="default">
 
                     <!-- example -->
                     <doctrine:entity-manager
@@ -659,9 +650,6 @@ the ORM resolves to:
         orm:
             auto_mapping: true
             # the standard distribution overrides this to be true in debug, false otherwise
-            auto_generate_proxy_classes: false
-            proxy_namespace: Proxies
-            proxy_dir: "%kernel.cache_dir%/doctrine/orm/Proxies"
             default_entity_manager: default
             metadata_cache_driver: ~
             query_cache_driver: ~

diff --git a/phpunit.xml.dist b/phpunit.xml.dist
@@ -10,10 +10,6 @@
         </testsuite>
     </testsuites>
 
-    <php>
-        <env name="SYMFONY_DEPRECATIONS_HELPER" value="ignoreFile=./tests/baseline-ignore"/>
-    </php>
-
     <coverage>
         <include>
             <directory>src</directory>

diff --git a/src/CacheWarmer/DoctrineMetadataCacheWarmer.php b/src/CacheWarmer/DoctrineMetadataCacheWarmer.php
@@ -19,12 +19,9 @@ public function __construct(
         parent::__construct($phpArrayFile);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * It must not be optional because it should be called before ProxyCacheWarmer which is not optional.
-     */
     public function isOptional(): bool
     {
-        return false;
+        return true;
     }
 
     protected function doWarmUp(string $cacheDir, ArrayAdapter $arrayAdapter, string|null $buildDir = null): bool

diff --git a/src/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php b/src/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
@@ -6,9 +6,7 @@
 use Doctrine\ORM\EntityRepository;
 use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\ClassMetadata;
 use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\ClassMetadataFactory;
-use Doctrine\ORM\Proxy\ProxyFactory;
 use InvalidArgumentException;
-use ReflectionClass;
 use Symfony\Component\Config\Definition\Builder\ArrayNodeDefinition;
 use Symfony\Component\Config\Definition\Builder\NodeDefinition;
 use Symfony\Component\Config\Definition\Builder\TreeBuilder;
@@ -27,16 +25,11 @@
 use function implode;
 use function in_array;
 use function is_array;
-use function is_bool;
-use function is_int;
 use function is_string;
 use function key;
 use function reset;
 use function sprintf;
-use function strlen;
-use function strpos;
 use function strtoupper;
-use function substr;
 use function trigger_deprecation;
 
 /**
@@ -417,10 +410,7 @@ private function addOrmSection(ArrayNodeDefinition $node): void
         // Key that should not be rewritten to the entity-manager config
         $excludedKeys = [
             'default_entity_manager' => true,
-            'auto_generate_proxy_classes' => true,
             'enable_native_lazy_objects' => true,
-            'proxy_dir' => true,
-            'proxy_namespace' => true,
             'resolve_target_entities' => true,
             'resolve_target_entity' => true,
             'controller_resolver' => true,
@@ -464,46 +454,9 @@ private function addOrmSection(ArrayNodeDefinition $node): void
                     ->end()
                     ->children()
                         ->scalarNode('default_entity_manager')->end()
-                        ->scalarNode('auto_generate_proxy_classes')->defaultValue(false)
-                            ->info('Auto generate mode possible values are: "NEVER", "ALWAYS", "FILE_NOT_EXISTS", "EVAL", "FILE_NOT_EXISTS_OR_CHANGED", this option is ignored when the "enable_native_lazy_objects" option is true')
-                            ->validate()
-                                ->ifTrue(function ($v) {
-                                    $generationModes = $this->getAutoGenerateModes();
-
-                                    if (is_int($v) && in_array($v, $generationModes['values']/*array(0, 1, 2, 3)*/)) {
-                                        return false;
-                                    }
-
-                                    if (is_bool($v)) {
-                                        return false;
-                                    }
-
-                                    if (is_string($v)) {
-                                        if (in_array(strtoupper($v), $generationModes['names']/*array('NEVER', 'ALWAYS', 'FILE_NOT_EXISTS', 'EVAL', 'FILE_NOT_EXISTS_OR_CHANGED')*/)) {
-                                            return false;
-                                        }
-                                    }
-
-                                    return true;
-                                })
-                                ->thenInvalid('Invalid auto generate mode value %s')
-                            ->end()
-                            ->validate()
-                                ->ifString()
-                                ->then(static fn (string $v) => constant('Doctrine\ORM\Proxy\ProxyFactory::AUTOGENERATE_' . strtoupper($v)))
-                            ->end()
-                        ->end()
                         ->booleanNode('enable_native_lazy_objects')
-                            ->defaultFalse()
-                            ->info('Enables the new native implementation of PHP lazy objects instead of generated proxies')
-                        ->end()
-                        ->scalarNode('proxy_dir')
-                            ->defaultValue('%kernel.build_dir%/doctrine/orm/Proxies')
-                            ->info('Configures the path where generated proxy classes are saved when using non-native lazy objects, this option is ignored when the "enable_native_lazy_objects" option is true')
-                        ->end()
-                        ->scalarNode('proxy_namespace')
-                            ->defaultValue('Proxies')
-                            ->info('Defines the root namespace for generated proxy classes when using non-native lazy objects, this option is ignored when the "enable_native_lazy_objects" option is true')
+                            ->defaultTrue()
+                            ->info('no-op, will be deprecated and removed in the future')
                         ->end()
                         ->arrayNode('controller_resolver')
                             ->canBeDisabled()
@@ -833,33 +786,4 @@ private function getOrmCacheDriverNode(string $name): ArrayNodeDefinition
 
         return $node;
     }
-
-    /**
-     * Find proxy auto generate modes for their names and int values
-     *
-     * @return array{names: list<string>, values: list<int>}
-     */
-    private function getAutoGenerateModes(): array
-    {
-        $constPrefix = 'AUTOGENERATE_';
-        $prefixLen   = strlen($constPrefix);
-        $refClass    = new ReflectionClass(ProxyFactory::class);
-        $constsArray = $refClass->getConstants();
-        $namesArray  = [];
-        $valuesArray = [];
-
-        foreach ($constsArray as $key => $value) {
-            if (strpos($key, $constPrefix) !== 0) {
-                continue;
-            }
-
-            $namesArray[]  = substr($key, $prefixLen);
-            $valuesArray[] = (int) $value;
-        }
-
-        return [
-            'names' => $namesArray,
-            'values' => $valuesArray,
-        ];
-    }
 }
diff --git a/src/DependencyInjection/DoctrineExtension.php b/src/DependencyInjection/DoctrineExtension.php
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Connection;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Connections\PrimaryReadReplicaConnection;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\Middleware as MiddlewareInterface;
-use Doctrine\ORM\Configuration as ORMConfiguration;
 use Doctrine\ORM\EntityManagerInterface;
 use Doctrine\ORM\Events;
 use Doctrine\ORM\Id\AbstractIdGenerator;
@@ -26,9 +25,7 @@
 use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\Driver\StaticPHPDriver as LegacyStaticPHPDriver;
 use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\Embeddable;
 use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\Entity;
-use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\LegacyReflectionFields;
 use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\MappedSuperclass;
-use Doctrine\ORM\ORMSetup;
 use Doctrine\ORM\Proxy\Autoloader;
 use Doctrine\ORM\UnitOfWork;
 use Doctrine\Persistence\Mapping\Driver\MappingDriverChain;
@@ -59,21 +56,16 @@
 use Symfony\Component\Messenger\MessageBusInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\PropertyInfo\PropertyInfoExtractorInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Mapping\Loader\LoaderInterface;
-use Symfony\Component\VarExporter\ProxyHelper;
 
 use function array_intersect_key;
 use function array_keys;
 use function array_merge;
-use function assert;
 use function class_exists;
 use function interface_exists;
-use function is_bool;
 use function is_dir;
-use function method_exists;
 use function reset;
 use function sprintf;
 use function str_replace;
-use function trigger_deprecation;
 
 /**
  * DoctrineExtension is an extension for the Doctrine DBAL and ORM library.
@@ -514,32 +506,6 @@ protected function ormLoad(array $config, ContainerBuilder $container): void
 
         $container->setParameter('doctrine.default_entity_manager', $config['default_entity_manager']);
 
-        if (! class_exists(ProxyHelper::class)) {
-            throw new LogicException(
-                'Lazy ghost objects cannot be enabled because the "symfony/var-exporter" library'
-                . ' is not installed. Please run "composer require symfony/var-exporter".',
-            );
-        }
-
-        if ($config['enable_native_lazy_objects'] ?? false) {
-            /** @phpstan-ignore function.alreadyNarrowedType */
-            if (! method_exists(ORMConfiguration::class, 'enableNativeLazyObjects')) {
-                throw new LogicException(
-                    'Native lazy objects are not supported with your installed version of the ORM. Please upgrade to "doctrine/orm >= 3.4".',
-                );
-            }
-
-            $container->removeDefinition('doctrine.orm.proxy_cache_warmer');
-        } else {
-            // Only emit the deprecation notice for ORM 3 users
-            trigger_deprecation('doctrine/doctrine-bundle', '2.16', 'Not setting "doctrine.orm.enable_native_lazy_objects" to true is deprecated.');
-        }
-
-        $options = ['auto_generate_proxy_classes', 'enable_native_lazy_objects', 'proxy_dir', 'proxy_namespace'];
-        foreach ($options as $key) {
-            $container->setParameter('doctrine.orm.' . $key, $config[$key]);
-        }
-
         $container->setAlias('doctrine.orm.entity_manager', $defaultEntityManagerDefinitionId = sprintf('doctrine.orm.%s_entity_manager', $config['default_entity_manager']));
         $container->getAlias('doctrine.orm.entity_manager')->setPublic(true);
 
@@ -642,13 +608,11 @@ protected function loadOrmEntityManager(array $entityManager, ContainerBuilder $
         }
 
         $methods = [
+            'enableNativeLazyObjects' => true,
             'setMetadataCache' => new Reference(sprintf('doctrine.orm.%s_metadata_cache', $entityManager['name'])),
             'setQueryCache' => new Reference(sprintf('doctrine.orm.%s_query_cache', $entityManager['name'])),
             'setResultCache' => new Reference(sprintf('doctrine.orm.%s_result_cache', $entityManager['name'])),
             'setMetadataDriverImpl' => new Reference('doctrine.orm.' . $entityManager['name'] . '_metadata_driver'),
-            'setProxyDir' => '%doctrine.orm.proxy_dir%',
-            'setProxyNamespace' => '%doctrine.orm.proxy_namespace%',
-            'setAutoGenerateProxyClasses' => '%doctrine.orm.auto_generate_proxy_classes%',
             'setSchemaIgnoreClasses' => $entityManager['schema_ignore_classes'],
             'setClassMetadataFactoryName' => $entityManager['class_metadata_factory_name'],
             'setDefaultRepositoryClassName' => $entityManager['default_repository_class'],
@@ -659,24 +623,6 @@ protected function loadOrmEntityManager(array $entityManager, ContainerBuilder $
             'setIdentityGenerationPreferences' => $entityManager['identity_generation_preferences'],
         ];
 
-        if (class_exists(LegacyReflectionFields::class)) {
-            $enableNativeLazyObjects = $container->getParameter('doctrine.orm.enable_native_lazy_objects');
-
-            assert(is_bool($enableNativeLazyObjects));
-
-            $methods['enableNativeLazyObjects'] = $enableNativeLazyObjects;
-
-            // Do not set deprecated proxy configurations when native lazy objects are enabled with `doctrine/orm:^3.5`
-            /** @phpstan-ignore function.alreadyNarrowedType */
-            if ($enableNativeLazyObjects && method_exists(ORMSetup::class, 'createAttributeMetadataConfig')) {
-                unset(
-                    $methods['setProxyDir'],
-                    $methods['setProxyNamespace'],
-                    $methods['setAutoGenerateProxyClasses'],
-                );
-            }
-        }
-
         if (isset($entityManager['fetch_mode_subselect_batch_size'])) {
             $methods['setEagerFetchBatchSize'] = $entityManager['fetch_mode_subselect_batch_size'];
         }
@@ -1058,7 +1004,7 @@ private function createMetadataCache(string $objectManagerName, ContainerBuilder
 
             $container->register($cacheWarmerServiceId, DoctrineMetadataCacheWarmer::class)
                 ->setArguments([new Reference(sprintf('doctrine.orm.%s_entity_manager', $objectManagerName)), $phpArrayFile])
-                ->addTag('kernel.cache_warmer', ['priority' => 1000]); // priority should be higher than ProxyCacheWarmer
+                ->addTag('kernel.cache_warmer', ['priority' => 1000]);
 
             $cache = new Definition(PhpArrayAdapter::class, [$phpArrayFile, $cache]);
         }