How to persist object to database outside of a controller using Symfony 3 with Doctrine

Question

I am trying to separate data access from my controllers in a Symfony 3 application. Symfony allows Doctrine mediated DB queries to be made via a repository class that extends the EntityRepository class, but I'm having trouble finding a way to persist objects to the DB outside of a class that inherits from the controller base class. Simply put: How can I persist an Entity object to a DB via Doctrine outside of a controller in Symfony?

Thanks for your help.

do you mean to persist the obj from within the controller method? if so - symfony.com/doc/current/book/… — craigh
Please add some code to show where do you want to persist your data. — Ziumin

zizoujab zizoujab · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-28T21:04:21

You have two options ,

Say that the class you want to persist objects with a class named DBManager

Define DBManager as a service and inject doctrine entity manager into this class. This thread may help you
Make DBManger extends ContainerAware, like that you will already have entity manager along with other services like mailer, logger, etc. Take a look at this answer for more details on how to do it

How to persist object to database outside of a controller using Symfony 3 with Doctrine

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