Symfony : embeded subform and createdAt / updatedAt : validation conflict - symfony

Question

I have an entity form that embed a collectionType and subforms.
In order to make the required option work, I had to enable Auto_mapping
class ClassePriceType extends AbstractType
{
public function buildForm(FormBuilderInterface $builder, array $options)
{
$builder
->add('priceform', PriceformType::class, [
'data_class' => ClassePrice::class,
'block_prefix' => 'mainprice_block'
]);
}
public function configureOptions(OptionsResolver $resolver)
{
$resolver->setDefaults([
'data_class' => ClassePrice::class,
'attr' => array(
'class' => 'fullwidth'
)
]);
}
}
class PriceformType extends AbstractType
{
public function buildForm(FormBuilderInterface $builder, array $options)
{
$builder
->add('pricecover', ChoiceType::class, [
'label' => 'Price type',
'placeholder' => 'Select a price option',
'choices' => [ 'Global' => '1' ,'Step' => '2'],
'required' => true
])
->add('rangesubform', RangesubformType::class, [
'data_class' => ClassePrice::class,
'block_prefix' => 'range_block'
])
->add('pricesubform', PricesubformType::class, [
'data_class' => ClassePrice::class,
'block_prefix' => 'price_block'
]);
}
public function configureOptions(OptionsResolver $resolver)
{
$resolver->setDefaults([
'inherit_data' => true
]);
}
}
class RangesubformType extends AbstractType
{
public function buildForm(FormBuilderInterface $builder, array $options)
{
$builder
->add('rangetype', EntityType::class, [
'class' => Ptur::class,
'label' => 'Step type',
'choice_translation_domain'=> true,
'required' => true
])
->add('rangeformat', EntityType::class, [
'class' => Format::class,
'label' => 'Format',
'required' => true
])
->add('rangemin', IntegerType::class, [
'label' => 'Range min',
'required' => true
]);
}
public function configureOptions(OptionsResolver $resolver)
{
$resolver->setDefaults([
'inherit_data' => true,
'attr' => array(
'class' => 'form-horizontal'
)
]);
}
}
framework:
validation:
email_validation_mode: html5
# Enables validator auto-mapping support.
# For instance, basic validation constraints will be inferred from Doctrine's metadata.
auto_mapping:
App\Entity\: []
enabled:
true
In my entites I also use the createdAt / updatedAt auto generation made by
use Gedmo\Timestampable\Traits\TimestampableEntity;
use Gedmo\SoftDeleteable\Traits\SoftDeleteableEntity;
use Gedmo\Mapping\Annotation as Gedmo;
The problem is that with auto_mapping activation, I got a validator error when creating a new entity input : createdAt and updatedAt can not be null...
Any idea how to solve that please?

Answer 1

Make sure your object is valid, inside the class:
public function __construct()
{
$this->createdAt = new DateTime();
$this->updatedAt = new DateTime();
}

Answer 2

Set the time like this in your entity:
/**
* #var datetime $created_at
*
* #Orm\Column(type="datetime")
*/
protected $created_at;
/**
* #var datetime $updated_at
*
* #Orm\Column(type="datetime", nullable = true)
*/
protected $updated_at;
/**
* #orm\PrePersist
*/
public function onPrePersist()
{
$this->created_at = new \DateTime("now");
}
/**
* #Orm\PreUpdate
*/
public function onPreUpdate()
{
$this->updated_at = new \DateTime("now");
}