How to return empty array instead of null using Doctrine ORM without using Query Builder?

Question

Doctrine ORM

There is an original method

public function getUserData(string $email): array
    {
        return $this->findOneBy(['email' => $email]);
    }

If the user does not exist, null is returned, not an empty array.
How to get an empty array instead of null if the user's email key doesn't exist?

Answer 1

Added an additional condition and the issue is resolved.

public function getUserData(string $email): array
    {
        $query = $this->findOneBy(['email' => $email]);
        return $query ?? [];
    }