Symfony2 - How to access entity methods dynamically?

Question

I want to access the Symfony2 entity methods dynamically by calling it's object. For Instance:

$entityObj = new Products();

// Generic Table Processor to process the table data    
private function tableProcessor($entityObject){

    // how can I get all the Entity methods inside the Products Entity????

    // e.g; $entityObject.getMethods();   // should return all the methods?

    return $entityObject;
}

If sorted out! I'm sure this procedure gonna help me a lot in writing less code, which otherwise I'll have to write for more than 10-20 entities.

Will your entities also contain methods that are not getters/setters? For example, are you implementing some interface like Symfony\Component\Security\Core\User\UserInterface? — Alessandro Desantis
– Alessandro Desantis, Commented Oct 10, 2011 at 14:56
those are getters/setters for sure and those I want to access dynamically, by keeping in mind that I don't know their names! — Edge
– Edge, Commented Oct 10, 2011 at 15:09

Alessandro Desantis · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-10 15:12:03Z

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If all the methods in your entities will be getters or setters, you can use ReflectionObject to retrieve a list and access them dynamically:

$object = new \ReflectionObject($entityObject);

foreach ($object->getMethods() as $method) {
    // $method is a \ReflectionMethod instance
    // invoke it or save its name

    // ...
}

answered Oct 10, 2011 at 15:12

Alessandro Desantis

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2 Comments

Edge Over a year ago

by the way, I can see the method names, but how can I use both get/set methods to access/insert data?

Alessandro Desantis Over a year ago

This way: $method->invoke($entityObject, 'argument');.

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