Using a custom property path for symfony forms set / get path

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Sometimes you have a small little class like Rate.php and want to use it with a symfony form like:

$builder
    ->add('cost', MoneyType::class, [
        'currency' => 'EUR',
        'label' => 'Cost',
        'divisor' => 100,
    ]);

But S*** symfony forms expects a set<name> method. Let's change this behaviour by using a custom property accessor and overriding the path.

$builder
    ->setDataMapper(new PropertyPathMapper(
        new CustomPropertyAccessor([ 'cost' => 'changeCost' ])
    ));

All done.

CustomPropertyAccessor.php

<?php
use Symfony\Component\PropertyAccess\PropertyAccessor;
use Symfony\Component\PropertyAccess\PropertyPath;

/**
 * A property accessor that allows you to rewrite a property path for setters and getters.
 */
class CustomPropertyAccessor extends PropertyAccessor
{
    /**
     * @var array
     */
    private $customSets;
    /**
     * @var array
     */
    private $customGets;

    /**
     * @inheritDoc
     */
    public function __construct(array $propertySets = [], array $propertyGets = [], $magicCall = false, $throwExceptionOnInvalidIndex = false)
    {
        parent::__construct($magicCall, $throwExceptionOnInvalidIndex);

        $this->customSets = $propertySets;
        $this->customGets = $propertyGets;
    }

    /**
     * @inheritDoc
     */
    public function getValue($objectOrArray, $propertyPath)
    {
        if (isset($this->customGets[(string)$propertyPath])) {
            $propertyPath = new PropertyPath($this->customGets[(string)$propertyPath]);
        }

        return parent::getValue($objectOrArray, $propertyPath);
    }

    /**
     * @inheritDoc
     */
    public function setValue(&$objectOrArray, $propertyPath, $value)
    {
        if (isset($this->customSets[(string)$propertyPath])) {
            $propertyPath = new PropertyPath($this->customSets[(string)$propertyPath]);
        }

        parent::setValue($objectOrArray, $propertyPath, $value);
    }
}

Rate.php

<?php
class FaxRate
{
    /**
     * @var int
     */
    protected $cost;

    /**
     * @return int
     */
    public function getCost()
    {
        return $this->cost;
    }
    
    /**
     * @param int $cost
     */
    public function changeCost($cost)
    {
        $this->cost = $cost;
    }
}

@ostrolucky 'property_path' is not for this

Dude, this was life saver. Thanks a lot.

@ostrolucky 'property_path' is not for this

Why not?

I guess the following part from the official documentation is also helpful for this topic.
https://symfony.com/doc/4.4/form/data_mappers.html

DataMappers are certainly more powerful but property path totally works for a simple use case ! thansk @ostrolucky