Question

How bind POST data to object can save or edit to Doctrine.

I use Doctrine with annotation entities. I don’t figure out as bind array data to entities .

I read about Symfony’s components as standalone, too.

Example :

$_POST # form data , array

# this is how doctrine save object
$product = new Product();
$product->setName('product1');
$entityManager->persist($product);
$entityManager->flush();

I want $product = $helper->convert($_POST, ...) # return product object
then i can persist $product to $entityManager.

Answer 1

This will help you how to handle forms:
http://symfony.com/doc/current/book/forms.html

To put data on an Entitiy user the setters.

$entity->setName('Mitchel');

If you want to put a post on a entity you have to create a function like this:

    public function setAttributes( array $values )
    {
        foreach( $values as $attribute => $value ) {
            $dateEng = "/^([0-9]{4})-([0-9]{2})-([0-9]{2})$/";
            $dateNl  = "/^([0-9]{2})-([0-9]{2})-([0-9]{4})$/";
            if( preg_match ($dateEng, $value) OR preg_match ($dateNl, $value) ){
                $value = date_create( $value );
            }

            if(is_string( $value )){
                if(preg_match( '/^\d+$/', $value )){
                    $value = (int) $value;
                }
            }

            $this->{'set' . ucfirst( $attribute )}( $value );
        }

        return $this;
    }

This works for me =)
And if I find a case who doesn’t works I just add some code.