doctrine/orm · error · LogicException

Context: Calling %s() with "%s", which is the owning side of

Error message

Context: Calling %s() with "%s", which is the owning side of an association.
Problem: The owning side of an association has no "mappedBy" field.
Solution: Call %s::isAssociationInverseSide() to check first.

What it means

Error "Context: Calling %s() with "%s", which is the owning side of an association. Problem: The owning side of an association has no "mappedBy" field. Solution: Call %s::isAssociationInverseSide() to check first." thrown in doctrine/orm.

Source

Thrown at src/Mapping/ClassMetadata.php:2567

    }

    public function getName(): string
    {
        return $this->name;
    }

    public function isAssociationInverseSide(string $assocName): bool
    {
        return isset($this->associationMappings[$assocName])
            && ! $this->associationMappings[$assocName]->isOwningSide();
    }

    public function getAssociationMappedByTargetField(string $assocName): string
    {
        $assoc = $this->getAssociationMapping($assocName);

        if (! $assoc instanceof InverseSideMapping) {
            throw new LogicException(sprintf(
                <<<'EXCEPTION'
                Context: Calling %s() with "%s", which is the owning side of an association.
                Problem: The owning side of an association has no "mappedBy" field.
                Solution: Call %s::isAssociationInverseSide() to check first.
                EXCEPTION,
                __METHOD__,
                $assocName,
                self::class,
            ));
        }

        return $assoc->mappedBy;
    }

    /**
     * @param C $className
     *
     * @return string|null null if and only if the input value is null

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at src/Mapping/ClassMetadata.php:2567 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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