Apply fixtures on Doctrine entities with ManyToMany relations

Apply fixtures on Doctrine entities with ManyToMany relations.md

Club entity

/**
 * @ORM\ManyToMany(targetEntity="Field", inversedBy="clubs")
 */
private $fields;

Field entity

/**
 * @ORM\ManyToMany(targetEntity="Club", mappedBy="fields")
 */
private $clubs;

The command php app/console doctrine:schema:update will create a club_field table

In the fixtures :

$club->addField($this->getReference('field'.$field));

will be possible because of the order of the relation. To do

$field->addClub($this->getReference('club'.$club));

you might have to reverse the relations in the entities, so that the relation table is field_club.

You can do the same with field_club and club_field...

Just add cascade={"persist","remove"} in annotation of fields and clubs and update addField and addClub with something like this:

    /**
     * Add fields
     *
     * @param \remiii\GlobalBundle\Entity\Field $fields
     * @return Club
     */
    public function addField(\remiii\GlobalBundle\Entity\Field $fields)
    {
        $this->fileds[] = $fields;
        $fields -> addClub ( $this ) ;

        return $this;
    }

    /**
     * Add clubs
     *
     * @param \remiii\GlobalBundle\Entity\Club $clubs
     * @return Field
     */
    public function addClub(\remiii\GlobalBundle\Entity\Club $clubs)
    {
        $this->clubs[] = $clubs;
        $clubs -> addField ( $this ) ;

        return $this;
    }

Off course setReference and getReference are your friends and getOrder must be set in Fixtures.