# Doctrine Data Fixtures Extension [![Build Status](https://github.com/doctrine/data-fixtures/workflows/Continuous%20Integration/badge.svg)](https://github.com/doctrine/data-fixtures/actions) This extension aims to provide a simple way to manage and execute the loading of data fixtures for the [Doctrine ORM or ODM](http://www.doctrine-project.org/). You can write fixture classes by implementing the [`Doctrine\Common\DataFixtures\FixtureInterface`](lib/Doctrine/Common/DataFixtures/FixtureInterface.php) interface: ```php namespace MyDataFixtures; use Doctrine\Common\DataFixtures\FixtureInterface; use Doctrine\Persistence\ObjectManager; class UserDataLoader implements FixtureInterface { public function load(ObjectManager $manager) { $user = new User(); $user->setUsername('jwage'); $user->setPassword('test'); $manager->persist($user); $manager->flush(); } } ``` Now you can begin adding the fixtures to a loader instance: ```php use Doctrine\Common\DataFixtures\Loader; use MyDataFixtures\UserDataLoader; $loader = new Loader(); $loader->addFixture(new UserDataLoader()); ``` You can load a set of fixtures from a directory as well: ```php $loader->loadFromDirectory('/path/to/MyDataFixtures'); ``` Or you can load a set of fixtures from a file: ```php $loader->loadFromFile('/path/to/MyDataFixtures/MyFixture1.php'); ``` You can get the added fixtures using the getFixtures() method: ```php $fixtures = $loader->getFixtures(); ``` Now you can easily execute the fixtures: ```php use Doctrine\Common\DataFixtures\Executor\ORMExecutor; use Doctrine\Common\DataFixtures\Purger\ORMPurger; $purger = new ORMPurger(); $executor = new ORMExecutor($em, $purger); $executor->execute($loader->getFixtures()); ``` If you want to append the fixtures instead of purging before loading then pass true to the 2nd argument of execute: ```php $executor->execute($loader->getFixtures(), true); ``` ## Sharing objects between fixtures In case if fixture objects have relations to other fixtures, it is now possible to easily add a reference to that object by name and later reference it to form a relation. Here is an example fixtures for **Role** and **User** relation ```php namespace MyDataFixtures; use Doctrine\Common\DataFixtures\AbstractFixture; use Doctrine\Persistence\ObjectManager; class UserRoleDataLoader extends AbstractFixture { public function load(ObjectManager $manager) { $adminRole = new Role(); $adminRole->setName('admin'); $anonymousRole = new Role(); $anonymousRole->setName('anonymous'); $manager->persist($adminRole); $manager->persist($anonymousRole); $manager->flush(); // store reference to admin role for User relation to Role $this->addReference('admin-role', $adminRole); } } ``` And the **User** data loading fixture: ```php namespace MyDataFixtures; use Doctrine\Common\DataFixtures\AbstractFixture; use Doctrine\Persistence\ObjectManager; class UserDataLoader extends AbstractFixture { public function load(ObjectManager $manager) { $user = new User(); $user->setUsername('jwage'); $user->setPassword('test'); $user->setRole( $this->getReference('admin-role') // load the stored reference ); $manager->persist($user); $manager->flush(); // store reference of admin-user for other Fixtures $this->addReference('admin-user', $user); } } ``` ## Fixture ordering **Notice** that the fixture loading order is important! To handle it manually implement one of the following interfaces: ### OrderedFixtureInterface Set the order manually: ```php namespace MyDataFixtures; use Doctrine\Common\DataFixtures\AbstractFixture; use Doctrine\Common\DataFixtures\OrderedFixtureInterface; use Doctrine\Persistence\ObjectManager; class MyFixture extends AbstractFixture implements OrderedFixtureInterface { public function load(ObjectManager $manager) {} public function getOrder() { return 10; // number in which order to load fixtures } } ``` ### DependentFixtureInterface Provide an array of fixture class names: ```php namespace MyDataFixtures; use Doctrine\Common\DataFixtures\AbstractFixture; use Doctrine\Common\DataFixtures\DependentFixtureInterface; use Doctrine\Persistence\ObjectManager; class MyFixture extends AbstractFixture implements DependentFixtureInterface { public function load(ObjectManager $manager) {} public function getDependencies() { return array('MyDataFixtures\MyOtherFixture'); // fixture classes fixture is dependent on } } class MyOtherFixture extends AbstractFixture { public function load(ObjectManager $manager) {} } ``` **Notice** the ordering is relevant to Loader class. ## Running the tests: Phpunit is included in the dev requirements of this package. To setup and run tests follow these steps: - go to the root directory of data-fixtures - run: **composer install --dev** - run: **vendor/bin/phpunit**