Search with accent did not return existing result #4638

When a search was done in a localized field it did not always return
results even though they existed in DB. This is because localized
field use JSON to store data in DB and default behavior of Doctrine
is to escape unicode characters. That means a "é" would end up as
"\u00e9". If the search was only "é" that would still correctly matches,
but if the search had a prefix (or suffix) such as "sé", then it would
incorrectly not match.

To fix this, we override Doctrine behavior and always store unescaped
unicode characters. This makes the search straightforward and easier
to work with raw data in DB.

Author: PowerKiKi

src/DBAL/Types/LocalizedType.php

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Platforms\AbstractPlatform;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Types\ConversionException;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Types\JsonType;
+use JsonException;
 
 /**
  * Type specialized to store localized data as JSON.
@@ -53,7 +54,10 @@ public function convertToDatabaseValue(mixed $value, AbstractPlatform $platform)
             return '';
         }
 
-        // @phpstan-ignore-next-line
-        return parent::convertToDatabaseValue($value, $platform);
+        try {
+            return json_encode($value, JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR | JSON_PRESERVE_ZERO_FRACTION | JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES | JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE);
+        } catch (JsonException $e) {
+            throw ConversionException::conversionFailedSerialization($value, 'json', $e->getMessage(), $e);
+        }
     }
 }

tests/DBAL/Types/LocalizedTypeTest.php

@@ -51,4 +51,15 @@ public function testConvertToPHPValueWillThrowIfNotJsonArray(): void
         $this->expectExceptionMessage("Could not convert database value to 'json' as an error was triggered by the unserialization: 'value in DB is not a JSON encoded associative array'");
         $this->type->convertToPHPValue('"foo"', $this->platform);
     }
+
+    public function testMustAlwaysStoreUnescaped(): void
+    {
+        $original = ['fr' => 'aéa/a💕a'];
+
+        $actualDB = $this->type->convertToDatabaseValue($original, $this->platform);
+        self::assertSame('{"fr":"aéa/a💕a"}', $actualDB, 'unicode and slashes should not be escaped');
+
+        $actualPHP = $this->type->convertToPHPValue($actualDB, $this->platform);
+        self::assertSame($original, $actualPHP, 'can be re-converted back to the exact same original');
+    }
 }