You can also get it directly from repository:
$em->getRepository('YourRepo')->findById(array(1,2,3,4,5));
Also you can pass parameters in get no tin array, but in simple string glued by commas
?ids=1,2,3,4,56
And after that get it from $request
$em->getRepository('YourRepo')->findById(explode(',', $request->get('ids'));