LayoutRender.php

<?php

    // This class gets the randomly generated pages from the session from the database to send it's data to the view

class LayoutRender {

    [...]

    private function setupSignupPath()
    {
        $path = $this->session->get('path');

        if (null === $path || empty($path[$this->type]['pages'][$this->page])) {
            return false;
        }

        //$this->path = $this->entityManager->getRepository('ZGOffersMainBundle:Path')->findOneBy(array('url' => $this->pathUrl));

        $qb = $this->entityManager->createQueryBuilder();

        $qb
            ->select('p, t, s, s2')
            ->from('JStout:Path', 'p')
            ->join('p.templates', 't')
            ->join('p.signupFlows', 's')
            ->join('s.pages', 's2')
            ->where('p.url = :path_url')
            ->andWhere('t.id = :template_id')
            ->andWhere('s.id = :signupflow_id')
            ->andWhere('s2.id = :page_id')
            ->setParameter('path_url', $this->pathUrl)
            ->setParameter('template_id', $path['template'])
            ->setParameter('signupflow_id', $path[$this->type]['flow'])
            ->setParameter('page_id', $path[$this->type]['pages'][$this->page])
        ;

        try {
            $result = $qb->getQuery()->getResult();
        } catch (NoResultException $e) {
            throw new NotFoundHttpException('Path ' . $this->pathUrl . ' does not exist or is missing children!');
        }

        $this->path = $result;

        $templates = $result[0]->getTemplates();


        var_dump($path['template']);
        var_dump($templates[0]->getId()); exit; // these don't match on first page load but do on second, why?
    }

   [...]

}

SignupRender.php

<?php

    // This class gets a random template and a random signup flow associated to the "Path"

class SignupRender {

    [...]

    public function setup($pathUrl)
    {
        if (null !== ($path = $this->request->getSession()->get('path', null))) {
            return $path;
        }

        $qb = $this->entityManager->createQueryBuilder();

        $qb
            ->select('p, t, s, s2')
            ->from('JStout:Path', 'p')
            ->join('p.templates', 't')
            ->join('p.signupFlows', 's')
            ->join('s.pages', 's2')
            ->where('p.url = :path_url')
            ->setParameter('path_url', $pathUrl);
        ;

        try {
            $this->result = $qb->getQuery()->getSingleResult();
        } catch (NoResultException $e) {
            throw new NotFoundHttpException('Path ' . $pathUrl . ' does not exist or is missing children!');
        }

        // get a random template and it's signup pages
        $this->path = array(
            'path'     => $pathUrl,
            'template' => $this->getRandomTemplate($this->result->getTemplates()),
            'signup'   => $this->getRandomSignupFlow($this->result->getSignupFlows())
        );

        // lets save the randomly chosen layout and randomly chosen signup flows to
        $this->request->getSession()->set('path', $this->path);

        return $this->path;
    }

    [...]

}