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Symfony Event Listener to Increase Post View Count
<?php
/**
* Created by PhpStorm.
* User: bhaktaraz
* Date: 8/24/15
* Time: 9:51 AM
*/
namespace BRB\Bundle\PostBundle\Controller;
use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Controller\Controller;
class PostController extends Controller
{
public function viewAction()
{
$event = new PostEvent($post);
$dispatcher = $this->get('event_dispatcher');
$dispatcher->dispatch(
PostEvents::POST_VIEWED,
$event
);
}
}
<?php
/**
* Created by PhpStorm.
* User: bhaktaraz
* Date: 11/16/15
* Time: 11:14 AM
*/
namespace BRB\Bundle\ApiBundle\Event;
use BRB\Bundle\PostBundle\Entity\Post;
use Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\Event;
class PostEvent extends Event
{
protected $post;
public function __construct(Post $post)
{
$this->post = $post;
}
public function getPost()
{
return $this->post;
}
}
<?php
/**
* Created by PhpStorm.
* User: bhaktaraz
* Date: 11/16/15
* Time: 11:14 AM
*/
namespace BRB\Bundle\ApiBundle\Event;
final class PostEvents
{
const POST_VIEWED = 'post.viewed';
}
<?php
/**
* Created by PhpStorm.
* User: bhaktaraz
* Date: 11/16/15
* Time: 11:23 AM
*/
namespace BRB\Bundle\ApiBundle\Listener;
use BRB\Bundle\ApiBundle\Event\PostEvent;
use Doctrine\ORM\EntityManager;
class PostListener
{
/**
*
* @var EntityManager
*/
protected $em;
public function __construct(EntityManager $entityManager)
{
$this->em = $entityManager;
}
public function onPostViewed(PostEvent $event)
{
$post = $event->getPost();
$post->increaseViewCount(); // This method shoud be in your Post entity
$this->em->persist($post);
$this->em->flush();
}
}
services:
post_bundle.listener.post:
class: BRB\Bundle\ApiBundle\Listener\PostListener
arguments: [ "@doctrine.orm.entity_manager" ]
tags:
- { name: kernel.event_listener, event: post.viewed, method: onPostViewed }
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@gulaandrij In this gist I'm just trying to illustrate how event listeners work. It may not be the right way for view count.

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