EDIT:
:
1 - DQL:
$query = $entityManager->createQuery('UPDATE Entities\User u SET u.someValue = newValue WHERE u.id = someId');
$query->setMaxResults(20);
$query->execute();
2 - QueryBuilder:
$qb = $this->_em->createQueryBuilder();
$query = $qb->update('Entities\User', 'u')
->set('u.someValue', newValue)
->where('u.id = someId')
->getQuery();
$query->setMaxResults(20);
$query->execute();
: echo $query->getSQL();, sql,
EDIT:
( ) - Native SQL