Doctrine ORM Hydration Performance Optimization

1 · Marco Pivetta · April 12, 2015, 10 p.m.
PRE-REQUISITE: Please note that this article explains complexity in internal ORM operations with the Big-O notation. Consider reading this article, if you are not familiar with the Big-O syntax. What is hydration? Doctrine ORM, like most ORMs, is performing a process called Hydration when converting database results into objects. This process usually involves reading a record from a database result and then converting the column values into an object's prope...