Symfony 2, CRUD is not working. Which version of Symfony is the best to use?

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I am not able to use CRUD generate with Symfony. I believe this most probably depends on Symfony version. Which version of Symfony is the best to use?

Today i have updated Symfony:

c:\Bitnami\wampstack-5.5.30-0\sym_prog>php symfony self-update

I have got the message : updating Symfony Installer to 1.4.0

Later i have made a new project:

c:\Bitnami\wampstack-5.5.30-0\sym_prog\proj2>php symfony new proj2 lts

// lts means long term support And have got a message: OK Symfony 2.8.0 was successfully installed. Now you can: * Change your current directory to C:\Bitnami\wampstack-5.5.30-0\sym_prog\prj2 * Configure your application in app/config/parameters.yml file. * Run your application: 1. Execute the php app/console server:run command. 2. Browse to the http://localhost:8000 URL. * Read the documentation at http://symfony.com/doc

After generating entities i have got problems with crud.

c:\Bitnami\wampstack-5.5.30-0\sym_prog\proj2>php app/console doctrine:generate:crud MeetingBundle:User
The Entity shortcut name [MeetingBundle:User]:
Do you want to generate the "write" actions [no]? Yes
Configuration format (yml, xml, php, or annotation) [annotation]:
Routes prefix [/user]:

Although crud generates controller and views (the latter are generated not in the bundle/resources/views, but in app/resources/views), but crud does not generate forms, thus i can not create/update/view/delete user or other entities!

I believe it depends only on Symfony version. Thus which version is the best to use?

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 03 '15 at 13:40

I do not know which Symfony version generates forms for crud.

But in my case i just created custom form: C:\Bitnami\wampstack-5.5.30-0\sym_prog\proj2\src\MeetingBundle\Form\UserType.php

<?php

namespace MeetingBundle\Form;

use Symfony\Component\Form\AbstractType;
use Symfony\Component\Form\FormBuilderInterface;
use Symfony\Component\OptionsResolver\OptionsResolverInterface;

class UserType extends AbstractType
{
    /**
     * @param FormBuilderInterface $builder
     * @param array $options
     */
    public function buildForm(FormBuilderInterface $builder, array $options)
    {
        $builder
            ->add('username')
            ->add('password')
            ->add('email')
            ->add('phone')
           // ->add('roles') 
       /* ERROR: An exception has been thrown during the rendering of a template 
  ("Notice: Array to string conversion") in form_div_layout.html.twig at line 13. 
                http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17314996/symfony2-array-to-string-conversion-error
                */
            ->add('isActive')
            ->add('events')
                // createdAt
        ;
    }

    /**
     * @param OptionsResolverInterface $resolver
     */
    public function setDefaultOptions(OptionsResolverInterface $resolver)
    {
        $resolver->setDefaults(array(
            'data_class' => 'MeetingBundle\Entity\User'
        ));
    }

    /**
     * @return string
     */
    public function getName()
    {
        return 'meetingbundle_user';
    }
}

And used it from Controller: C:\Bitnami\wampstack-5.5.30-0\sym_prog\proj2\src\MeetingBundle\Controller\UserController.php

...
use MeetingBundle\Form\UserType;
....
class UserController extends Controller {
...
    public function editAction(Request $request, User $user)
    {
...
        $editForm = $this->createForm(new UserType(), $user);

olga · Answer 2 · 2015-12-04T10:26:35.643

using command:

>php app/console doctrine:generate:crud

Symfony version 2.7.7 and Symfony version 2.3.35 - generates Entity views in src/Namespace/Bundle/Resources/views/EntityName folder. It also generates controller and folder Form with file EntitnyNameType.php. Crud is fully functioning.

Symfony version 2.8.0 (Long term support) - generates views for entity in app/Resources/views/EntitnyName folder and also generates controller. It does not generate Form, thus CRUD is not working.

p.s. To check which Symfony version you use:

c:\Bitnami\wampstack-5.5.30-0\sym_prog\star>php app/console --version

To user certain version of Symfony for your project you have to tell this during the project creation:

$ symfony new my_project_name 2.6

http://symfony.com/doc/current/book/installation.html

If anyone can give more information about which Symfony version is better, please let me to know.

Symfony 2, CRUD is not working. Which version of Symfony is the best to use?

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