Working with two entity managers in the same bundle in Symfony2

For using multiple entitymanager in same bundle you have to config mapping options for each entitymanager.

http://symfony.com/doc/current/reference/configuration/doctrine.html

Exemple off config file

doctrine:    dbal:        default_connection:   default        connections:            default:                driver:   %database_driver%                host:     %database_host%                port:     %database_port%                dbname:   %database_name%                user:     %database_user%                password: %database_password%                charset:  UTF8            second:                driver:   %database_sqlite_driver%                host:     ~                port:     ~                dbname:   %database_sqlite_shop_name%                path:     %database_sqlite_shop_name%                user:     ~                password: ~                charset:  UTF8    orm:        auto_generate_proxy_classes: %kernel.debug%        default_entity_manager:   default        entity_managers:            default:                connection:       default                mappings:                    YourBundle:                      # you must specify the type                      type:     "annotation"                          # The directory for entity (relative to bundle path)                      dir:      "Entity/FirstDb"                              #the prefix                       prefix:   "Your\Bundle\Entity\FirstDb"             shop:                connection:       second                mappings:                    YourBundle:                      type: "annotation"                      #here the second path where entity for the connection stand                      dir: "Entity/SecondDb"                       #the prefix                      prefix: "Your\Bundle\Entity\SecondDb" 

You can now use console for managing your db with the --em parameter

Ex : update database for shop entitymanager

php app/console doctrine:schema:update --em=shop

Read mapping information from Your\Bundle\Entity\SecondDb

Ex : update database for default entitymanager

php app/console doctrine:schema:update   

Read mapping information from Your\Bundle\Entity\FirstDb

Ok. Tried to edit your original post but it's waiting for peer review. Not sure how long that takes. Try changing your config to:

doctrine:    dbal:        default_connection:       default        connections:        default:            dbname:           old_project            user:             root            password:         123123            host:             1.1.1.1            port:             1        # Make an explicit connection just for clarity        old_project:            dbname:           old_project            user:             root            password:         123123            host:             1.1.1.1            port:             1                    electra:            dbname:           electra            user:             root            password:         123123            host:             2.2.2.2            port:             2    orm:        # Humor me and add these        auto_generate_proxy_classes: %kernel.debug%    #   auto_mapping: true    default_entity_manager:   electra    entity_managers:    # Make an explicit old_project em so default does not confuse us    old_project:        connection:       old_project        mappings:            XXDemoBundle: ~    electra:        connection:       electra        mappings:            XXDemoBundle: ~    default:        connection:       default        mappings:            XXDemoBundle: ~

Now completely blow away your cache just to be sure then run:

php app/console doctrine:mapping:info --em electraphp app/console doctrine:mapping:info --em old_project

You should get identical results. I tested this on my system so I'm fairly certain that if you don't then you have some typo somewhere.

So mapping info is working. Next step is to verify that both databases match your entity schema. So do this:

php app/console doctrine:schema:update --em electra --dump-sqlphp app/console doctrine:schema:update --em old_project --dump-sql

Neither should produce any output. If one does then it means your database does not match your entities and that needs to be resolved (possibly using the --force option) before queries will work.

Once the databases are in sync then you should probably use doctrine:query:dql and do a test query against both managers. Then go back into your code.

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It has now been understood that the real goal is to have two entity managers point to the same set of entities but somehow indicate that each entity manager should limit itself to a certain set of those entities. And that is not something the S2 supports out of the box.

You could look through the Doctrine manual and see how it handles the entity metadata and maybe do something with that but that could get complicated.

The only thing that S2 really offers is the ability to bind an entity manager to all the entities in one or more bundles using the mapping attribute. If you wanted to share say three of seven entities from one bundle with another bundle then you would simply recreate those entities in the second bundle. Possibly by extending the class so as to avoid code duplication.

I think you might want to alter your approach a bit. If you have a set of core entities shared with multiple bundles then put those in their own bundle. Each follow on bundle can then add additional entities.