This gist turns doctrine vars in zend framework to their respective set and get function. Just put your column definitions into a #content container and the returned functions will be put in the #result container. Working jsfiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/Manticorp/Sm5PM/11/

Turn Doctrine Column Defs in Zend to setters and getters

var str = $("#content").html();

var search = /\/\**[\n\r*\*\w @(=}{",)]*\*\/[\r\n\t ]*private *\$(\w*)[ ="\w]*;/g;

$("#content").html("");

var result = str.match(search);
var getFunc;
var setFunc;

while (result = search.exec(str)) {
    getFunc = "\tpublic function set" + capFLet(result[1]) + "($var){\n\t\t$this->" + result[1] + " = $var;\n\t}\n\n";
    setFunc = "\tpublic function get" + capFLet(result[1]) + "(){\n\t\treturn $this->" + result[1] + ";\n\t}\n\n";

    $("#result").append(getFunc);
    $("#result").append(setFunc);
}

function capFLet(string) {
    return string.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + string.slice(1);
}