How to make Symfony2 set the MySQL time_zone?

Question

How can I set custom driver options in Symfony2?

In this case I want to run SET time_zone = '-04:30' in MySQL as part of the connection initialization.

Answer 1

Set in app/config/config.yml the following:

doctrine:
    dbal:
        driver:   %database_driver%
        host:     %database_host%
        port:     %database_port%
        dbname:   %database_name%
        user:     %database_user%
        password: %database_password%
        charset:  UTF8
        # Here we configure the custom driver options
        # In this case is PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_INIT_COMMAND
        # The constant can not be used in this context
        options: {1002: "SET time_zone = '-04:30'"}

Answer 2

Unlike Symfony 1.4 , there isn't a default_timezone config parameter to set the default timezone in Symfony2. I'm not sure about the reasons for this, but if you like keeping as much of your configuration within the app, then use the code below. Set the default timezone (and any similar PHP configuration) by overriding the AppKernel#init() function. Remember to call its parent.

<?php
// AppKernel.php

class AppKernel extends Kernel
{
    //..
    //.......
    //...........
    // --- Append the init function below ---

    public function init()
    {
        date_default_timezone_set( 'Asia/Kolkata' );
        parent::init();
    }
}

Or you can edit php.ini

datetime = 'Asia/Kolkata'

Note: init method was deprecated since version 2.3, to be removed in 3.0. You must move your logic in the constructor instead:

public function __construct($environment, $debug)
{
    date_default_timezone_set('Asia/Kolkata');
    parent::__construct($environment, $debug);
}