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How to serialize specific attributes of nested object in symfony?

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by addison , in category: PHP Frameworks , 6 months ago

How to serialize specific attributes of nested object in symfony?

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by ryan.murray , a month ago

@addison 

To serialize specific attributes of nested objects in Symfony, you can use the @Groups annotation from the Symfony Serializer component.


Here's an example of how you can serialize specific attributes of nested objects:

  1. Add the @Groups annotation to the properties you want to serialize in your entities:
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use SymfonyComponentSerializerAnnotationGroups;

class Book
{
    /**
     * @Groups({"details"})
     */
    private $title;

    /**
     * @Groups({"details"})
     */
    private $author;

    // Other properties and methods
}

class Author
{
    /**
     * @Groups({"details"})
     */
    private $name;

    // Other properties and methods
}


  1. Use the @MaxDepth annotation to limit the nesting level of serialization:
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use SymfonyComponentSerializerAnnotationGroups;
use SymfonyComponentSerializerAnnotationMaxDepth;

class Book
{
    /**
     * @Groups({"details"})
     */
    private $title;

    /**
     * @MaxDepth(1)
     * @Groups({"details"})
     */
    private $author;

    // Other properties and methods
}


  1. Serialize the objects with the specific attributes using the @Groups annotation on the serializer:
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use SymfonyComponentSerializerSerializerInterface;

$serializer = $this->get('serializer');

$book = new Book();
$author = new Author();

$book->setTitle('The Great Gatsby');
$author->setName('F. Scott Fitzgerald');
$book->setAuthor($author);

$serializedData = $serializer->serialize($book, 'json', ['groups' => ['details']]);


This will serialize only the attributes marked with the @Groups annotation in the entities and disregard any other properties. You can also specify multiple groups if you need to serialize different sets of attributes for different use cases.

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