diff --git a/config/packages/dev/doctrine.yaml b/config/packages/dev/doctrine.yaml
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+doctrine:
+    dbal:
+        url: '%env(stripschema:DATABASE_URL)%'
+        server_version: 'mariadb-0.0.0'
+        driver_class: App\Doctrine\Driver
diff --git a/src/Doctrine/Driver.php b/src/Doctrine/Driver.php
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+++ b/src/Doctrine/Driver.php
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+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the mangel.io project.
+ *
+ * (c) Florian Moser <git@famoser.ch>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace App\Doctrine;
+
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\PDOMySql;
+
+class Driver extends PDOMySql\Driver
+{
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    public function getDatabasePlatform()
+    {
+        return new Platform();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Doctrine/Platform.php b/src/Doctrine/Platform.php
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+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the mangel.io project.
+ *
+ * (c) Florian Moser <git@famoser.ch>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace App\Doctrine;
+
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Platforms\Keywords\MariaDb102Keywords;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Platforms\MySqlPlatform;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Types\Types;
+
+class Platform extends MySqlPlatform
+{
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    public function getTruncateTableSQL($tableName, $cascade = false)
+    {
+        $truncateSql = parent::getTruncateTableSQL($tableName, $cascade);
+
+        return 'SET foreign_key_checks = 0;'.$truncateSql.';SET foreign_key_checks = 1;';
+    }
+
+    // methods copied out of MariaDb1027Platform
+    public function getJsonTypeDeclarationSQL(array $column): string
+    {
+        return 'LONGTEXT';
+    }
+
+    protected function getReservedKeywordsClass(): string
+    {
+        return MariaDb102Keywords::class;
+    }
+
+    protected function initializeDoctrineTypeMappings(): void
+    {
+        parent::initializeDoctrineTypeMappings();
+
+        $this->doctrineTypeMapping['json'] = Types::JSON;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Doctrine/TrimSchemaEnvVarProcessor.php b/src/Doctrine/TrimSchemaEnvVarProcessor.php
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+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the mangel.io project.
+ *
+ * (c) Florian Moser <git@famoser.ch>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace App\Doctrine;
+
+use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\EnvVarProcessorInterface;
+
+class TrimSchemaEnvVarProcessor implements EnvVarProcessorInterface
+{
+    public function getEnv(string $prefix, string $name, \Closure $getEnv)
+    {
+        $env = $getEnv($name);
+
+        return substr($env, strpos($env, '://') + 3);
+    }
+
+    public static function getProvidedTypes()
+    {
+        return [
+            'stripschema' => 'string',
+        ];
+    }
+}