No result was found for query although at least one row was expected

Question

I have the following code:

/**
     * Search similar category given a string
     * 
     * @param $searchTerm search similar category
     */
    public function findOneSimilarCategory($searchTerm)
    {
        $query = $this->createQueryBuilder('secondLevelCategory')
                ->select('secondLevelCategory')
                ->where('secondLevelCategory.categoryTitle LIKE :searchTerm')
                ->setParameter('searchTerm', $searchTerm)
                ->getQuery();

        $query->useResultCache(true, self::CACHE_RESULT_LIFETIME, md5(__METHOD__ . serialize('category-search-' . $query->getParameters())));
        $query->useQueryCache(true);
        return $query->getSingleResult();
    }

however this gives me an error:

"PHP message: PHP Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'Doctrine\ORM\NoResultException' with message 'No result was found for query although at least one row was expected.' in /var/www/Shopious/vendor/doctrine/orm/lib/Doctrine/ORM/AbstractQuery.php:649

Answer 1

You are getting this error because you are using the getSingleResult() method. it generates an Exception if it can't find even a single result. you can use the getOneOrNullResult() instead to get a NULL if there isn't any result from the query.

Query#getSingleResult(): Retrieves a single object. If the result contains more than one object, an NonUniqueResultException is thrown. If the result contains no objects, an NoResultException is thrown. The pure/mixed distinction does not apply.