Learn how Doctrine maps class inheritance to your database. This SymfonyCasts course covers inheritance strategies, trade-offs, and advanced querying techniques.

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SymfonyCasts has released a new course on Doctrine ORM inheritance, covering how to map class hierarchies to a database. Topics include mapped superclasses, single table inheritance (STI), joined table inheritance, DQL querying across hierarchies, and working with associations targeting parent or child classes. A bonus chapter covers extending Doctrine with a custom DQL function. Two upcoming courses on Symfony Security basics and upgrading to Symfony 8 are also announced.

Class Hierarchy in the Database (Symfony Blog)