Mongodb setup in symfony2 - "Expected array, but got string" in config file

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I am doing my first steps with mongodb in symfony 2.4, following the manual instructions here. After successfully setting up and running mongodb server, I am trying to generate my first getters and setters with the following instruction:

php app/console doctrine:mongodb:generate:documents AcmeDemoBundle

But all I get is this error message:

[Symfony\Component\Config\Definition\Exception\InvalidTypeException] 
Invalid type for path "doctrine_mongodb.connections.default_database". 
Expected array, but got string

Here is what seems to be my conflicting configuration:

# Doctrine Mongo DB Configuration
doctrine_mongodb:
  connections:
    default:
      server: mongodb://localhost:27017
      options: {}
    default_database: test_database
    document_managers:
      default:
        auto_mapping: true

namely:

default_database: test_database

It sounds strange that a default database is expected to be an array. I tried this anyway

default_database: [ test_database ]

and got this other error message:

[Symfony\Component\Config\Definition\Exception\InvalidConfigurationException]
Unrecognized options "0" under "doctrine_mongodb.connections.default_database"

This post about mongdb doctrine configuration gives a lot of info about more advanced options. I tried another database name:

default_database: hello_%kernel.environment%

with no more luck (got the first error message).

Any idea what I am doing wrong ? Any hint will be welcome ! Thanks.

Debflav · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-29 07:40:00Z

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Be careful with yml the indentation is "strict". default_database must be at the same hierarchical place that connections. (Sorry for English).

# Doctrine Mongo DB Configuration
doctrine_mongodb:
  connections:
    default:
      server: mongodb://localhost:27017
      options: {}
  default_database: test_database
  document_managers:
    default:
      auto_mapping: true

answered Apr 29, 2014 at 7:40

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mika · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-29 07:41:39Z

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Oh, ok, I got it right... so "default_database" should be nested at the same level as "connections"... That was not too difficult :/

doctrine_mongodb:
  connections:
    default:
      server: mongodb://localhost:27017
      options: {}
  default_database: test_database
  document_managers:
    default:
      auto_mapping: true

answered Apr 29, 2014 at 7:41

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