<?php class <className> extends EntityRepository { }'; public function generateEntityRepositoryClass($fullClassName) { $namespace = substr($fullClassName, 0, strrpos($fullClassName, '\\')); $className = substr($fullClassName, strrpos($fullClassName, '\\') + 1, strlen($fullClassName)); $variables = array( '<namespace>' => $namespace, '<className>' => $className ); return str_replace(array_keys($variables), array_values($variables), self::$_template); }