Property converters

It is possible to convert php entity properties to a format suitable to a database node or relationship property.

A common use case is using PHP's DateTime objects and store values as timestamps in the databse.

The Convert annotation

    /**
     * @var \DateTime
     *
     * @OGM\Property()
     * @OGM\Convert(type="datetime", options={"format":"long_timestamp"})
     */
    protected $time;

You have to annotate your property with the @Convert annotation.

So far only the datetime converter is available, more will come during the next release.

The options available are the format and the timezone.

The format has two helper values :

• timestamp : equivalent of U in php date format
• long_timestamp : equivalent's of above but multiplied by 1000, more useful if the timestamps are coming from neo4j java plugins/listeners (millis)