Question

I can’t seem to wrap my head around how I would go about adding a file upload to a DataFixture. I’m trying to upload an image for the dummy content my fixtures load. This seems like something that would be useful to know.

Answer 1

I’ve found the answer to my question. I need to use the class Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\File\File to create a File. Symfony will physically move the file and not create a copy so you need to either have a new file for each fixture, use use copy() to create a copy of the file that can be moved instead.

$image = new Image();
$file = new File('path/to/file.jpg');
$image->file = $file;
$om->persist($image);

Something like that.