Symfony2 - How to access the service in a custom console command?

Question

I am new to Symfony. I have created a custom command which sole purpose is to wipe demo data from the system, but I do not know how to do this.

In the controller I would do:

$nodes = $this->getDoctrine()
    ->getRepository('MyFreelancerPortfolioBundle:TreeNode')
    ->findAll();

$em = $this->getDoctrine()->getManager();
foreach($nodes as $node)
{
    $em->remove($node);
}
$em->flush();

Doing this from the execute() function in the command I get:

Call to undefined method ..... ::getDoctrine();

How would I do this from the execute() function? Also, if there is an easier way to wipe the data other than to loop through them and remove them, feel free to mention it.

symfony.com/doc/current/…

Cameron
– Cameron

2020-07-17 12:58:31 +00:00
Commented Jul 17, 2020 at 12:58 — Cameron
– Cameron, Commented Jul 17, 2020 at 12:58

Nicolai Fröhlich · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-11 15:51:55Z

16

In order to be able to access the service container your command needs to extend Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Command\ContainerAwareCommand.

See the Command documentation chapter - Getting Services from the Container.

use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Command\ContainerAwareCommand;
// ... other use statements

class MyCommand extends ContainerAwareCommand
{
    protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
    {
        $em = $this->getContainer()->get('doctrine')->getEntityManager();
        // ...

answered Oct 11, 2013 at 15:51

Nicolai Fröhlich

52.8k12 gold badges131 silver badges133 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

Comments

Tomas Votruba · Accepted Answer · 2017-09-01 19:51:41Z

15

Since Symfony 3.3 (May 2017) you can use Dependency Injection in commands with ease.

Just use PSR-4 services autodiscovery in your services.yml:

services:
    _defaults:
        autowire: true

    App\Command\:
        resource: ../Command

Then use common Constructor Injection and finally even Commands will have clean architecture:

final class MyCommand extends Command
{
    /**
     * @var SomeDependency
     */
    private $someDependency;

    public function __construct(SomeDependency $someDependency)
    {
        $this->someDependency = $someDependency;

        // this is required due to parent constructor, which sets up name 
        parent::__construct(); 
    }
}

This will (or already did, depends of time reading) become standards since Symfony 3.4 (November 2017), when commands will be lazy loaded.

answered Sep 1, 2017 at 19:51

Tomas Votruba

24.4k10 gold badges85 silver badges123 bronze badges

1 Comment

emfi Over a year ago

How, do I register these Commands in the Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Console\Application()?

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

Symfony2 - How to access the service in a custom console command?

2 Answers 2

Comments

1 Comment

Your Answer

Linked

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

2 Answers 2

Comments

1 Comment

Your Answer

Sign up or log in

Post as a guest

Linked

Related