Doctrine: What is DQL?

In a nutshell

Doctrine Query Language is a DSL that looks much like SQL but makes working with Doctrine-based entities easier.

• It lets you use class names and field names instead of table names and column names.
• It uses Doctrine metadata to save you some typing. For example, you don’t have to specify the ON clause of joins since these can be inferred from the metadata.

Sources

• What is DQL? – Doctrine docs