Symfony2.7 displaying combox items in twig - symfony

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I have a table named company and departments. Company having one to many relationship with departments. I have created both the entities and specified the relationships in both. Please take a look at both the entities
Department.php
<?php
namespace Benerite\CompanyBundle\Entity;
use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping as ORM;
use Doctrine\Common\Collections\ArrayCollection;
/**
* Department
*
* #ORM\Table("departments")
* #ORM\Entity(repositoryClass="Benerite\CompanyBundle\Entity\DepartmentRepository")
*/
class Department
{
/**
* #ORM\ManyToOne(targetEntity="Company", inversedBy="departments")
* #ORM\JoinColumn(name="company_id", referencedColumnName="id")
*/
protected $company;
/**
* #var employeeJobInfo
*
* #ORM\OneToMany(targetEntity="Benerite\EmployeeBundle\Entity\EmployeeJobInfo", mappedBy="department")
*/
protected $employeeJobInfo;
public function __construct()
{
$this->employeeJobInfo = new ArrayCollection();
}
function getCompany() {
return $this->company;
}
function getEmployeeJobInfo() {
return $this->employeeJobInfo;
}
function setCompany(Company $company) {
$this->company = $company;
}
function setEmployeeJobInfo(\Benerite\EmployeeBundle\Entity\EmployeeJobInfo $employeeJobInfo) {
$this->employeeJobInfo = $employeeJobInfo;
}
/**
* #var integer
*
* #ORM\Column(name="id", type="integer")
* #ORM\Id
* #ORM\GeneratedValue(strategy="AUTO")
*/
private $id;
/**
* #var integer
*
* #ORM\Column(name="company_id", type="integer" , nullable = false)
*/
private $companyId;
/**
* #var string
*
* #ORM\Column(name="department_name", type="string", length=255)
*/
private $departmentName;
/**
* #var string
*
* #ORM\Column(name="department_status", type="string", length=255)
*/
private $departmentStatus;
/**
* Get id
*
* #return integer
*/
public function getId()
{
return $this->id;
}
/**
* Set companyId
*
* #param integer $companyId
*
* #return Department
*/
public function setCompanyId($companyId)
{
$this->companyId = $companyId;
return $this;
}
/**
* Get companyId
*
* #return integer
*/
public function getCompanyId()
{
return $this->companyId;
}
/**
* Set departmentName
*
* #param string $departmentName
*
* #return Department
*/
public function setDepartmentName($departmentName)
{
$this->departmentName = $departmentName;
return $this;
}
/**
* Get departmentName
*
* #return string
*/
public function getDepartmentName()
{
return $this->departmentName;
}
/**
* Set departmentStatus
*
* #param string $departmentStatus
*
* #return Department
*/
public function setDepartmentStatus($departmentStatus)
{
$this->departmentStatus = $departmentStatus;
return $this;
}
/**
* Get departmentStatus
*
* #return string
*/
public function getDepartmentStatus()
{
return $this->departmentStatus;
}
}
Company.php
<?php
namespace Benerite\CompanyBundle\Entity;
use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping as ORM;
/**
* Company
*
* #ORM\Table("companies")
* #ORM\Entity(repositoryClass="Benerite\CompanyBundle\Entity\CompanyRepository")
*/
class Company
{
/**
* #var departments
* #ORM\OneToMany(targetEntity="Department", mappedBy="company")
*/
protected $departments;
/**
* #var divisions
* #ORM\OneToMany(targetEntity="Division", mappedBy="company")
*/
protected $divisions;
/**
* #var employmentStatuses
* #ORM\OneToMany(targetEntity="EmploymentStatus", mappedBy="company")
*/
protected $employmentStatuses;
/**
* #var jobTitles
* #ORM\OneToMany(targetEntity="JobTitle", mappedBy="company")
*/
protected $jobTitles;
/**
* #var companyLocations
* #ORM\OneToMany(targetEntity="Location", mappedBy="company")
*/
protected $companyLocations;
/**
* #var remunerationChangeReasons
* #ORM\OneToMany(targetEntity="RemunerationChangeReason", mappedBy="company")
*/
protected $remunerationChangeReasons;
/**
* #var roles
* #ORM\OneToMany(targetEntity="Role", mappedBy="company")
*/
protected $roles;
/**
* #var subscriptionDetails
*
* #ORM\OneToMany(targetEntity="SubscriptionDetail", mappedBy="company")
*/
protected $subscriptionDetails;
public function __construct() {
$this->departments = new ArrayCollection();
$this->divisions = new ArrayCollection();
$this->employmentStatuses = new ArrayCollection();
$this->jobTitles = new ArrayCollection();
$this->companyLocations = new ArrayCollection();
$this->remunerationChangeReasons = new ArrayCollection();
$this->roles = new ArrayCollection();
$this->subscriptionDetails = new ArrayCollection();
}
function getDepartments() {
return $this->departments;
}
function getDivisions() {
return $this->divisions;
}
function getEmploymentStatuses() {
return $this->employmentStatuses;
}
function getJobTitles() {
return $this->jobTitles;
}
function getCompanyLocations() {
return $this->companyLocations;
}
function getRemunerationChangeReasons() {
return $this->remunerationChangeReasons;
}
function getRoles() {
return $this->roles;
}
function getSubscriptionDetails() {
return $this->subscriptionDetails;
}
function setDepartments(Department $departments) {
$this->departments = $departments;
}
function setDivisions(Division $divisions) {
$this->divisions = $divisions;
}
function setEmploymentStatuses(\Benerite\EmployeeBundle\Entity\EmployeeEmploymentStatus $employmentStatuses) {
$this->employmentStatuses = $employmentStatuses;
}
function setJobTitles(JobTitle $jobTitles) {
$this->jobTitles = $jobTitles;
}
function setCompanyLocations(Location $companyLocations) {
$this->companyLocations = $companyLocations;
}
function setRemunerationChangeReasons(RemunerationChangeReason $remunerationChangeReasons) {
$this->remunerationChangeReasons = $remunerationChangeReasons;
}
function setRoles(Role $roles) {
$this->roles = $roles;
}
function setSubscriptionDetails(SubscriptionDetail $subscriptionDetails) {
$this->subscriptionDetails = $subscriptionDetails;
}
/**
* #var integer
*
* #ORM\Column(name="id", type="integer")
* #ORM\Id
* #ORM\GeneratedValue(strategy="AUTO")
*/
private $id;
/**
* #var string
*
* #ORM\Column(name="company_name", type="string", length=255)
*/
private $companyName;
/**
* #var string
*
* #ORM\Column(name="company_reg_code", type="string", length=255)
*/
private $companyRegCode;
/**
* #var string
*
* #ORM\Column(name="account_owner", type="string", length=255)
*/
private $accountOwner;
/**
* #var string
*
* #ORM\Column(name="account_email", type="string", length=255)
*/
private $accountEmail;
/**
* #var string
*
* #ORM\Column(name="company_url", type="string", length=255)
*/
private $companyUrl;
/**
* #var string
*
* #ORM\Column(name="company_status", type="string", length=255)
*/
private $companyStatus;
/**
* #var \DateTime
*
* #ORM\Column(name="created_date", type="datetime")
*/
private $createdDate;
/**
* #var \DateTime
*
* #ORM\Column(name="last_updated_date", type="datetime")
*/
private $lastUpdatedDate;
/**
* Get id
*
* #return integer
*/
public function getId()
{
return $this->id;
}
/**
* Set companyName
*
* #param string $companyName
*
* #return Company
*/
public function setCompanyName($companyName)
{
$this->companyName = $companyName;
return $this;
}
/**
* Get companyName
*
* #return string
*/
public function getCompanyName()
{
return $this->companyName;
}
/**
* Set companyRegCode
*
* #param string $companyRegCode
*
* #return Company
*/
public function setCompanyRegCode($companyRegCode)
{
$this->companyRegCode = $companyRegCode;
return $this;
}
/**
* Get companyRegCode
*
* #return string
*/
public function getCompanyRegCode()
{
return $this->companyRegCode;
}
/**
* Set accountOwner
*
* #param string $accountOwner
*
* #return Company
*/
public function setAccountOwner($accountOwner)
{
$this->accountOwner = $accountOwner;
return $this;
}
/**
* Get accountOwner
*
* #return string
*/
public function getAccountOwner()
{
return $this->accountOwner;
}
/**
* Set accountEmail
*
* #param string $accountEmail
*
* #return Company
*/
public function setAccountEmail($accountEmail)
{
$this->accountEmail = $accountEmail;
return $this;
}
/**
* Get accountEmail
*
* #return string
*/
public function getAccountEmail()
{
return $this->accountEmail;
}
/**
* Set companyUrl
*
* #param string $companyUrl
*
* #return Company
*/
public function setCompanyUrl($companyUrl)
{
$this->companyUrl = $companyUrl;
return $this;
}
/**
* Get companyUrl
*
* #return string
*/
public function getCompanyUrl()
{
return $this->companyUrl;
}
/**
* Set companyStatus
*
* #param string $companyStatus
*
* #return Company
*/
public function setCompanyStatus($companyStatus)
{
$this->companyStatus = $companyStatus;
return $this;
}
/**
* Get companyStatus
*
* #return string
*/
public function getCompanyStatus()
{
return $this->companyStatus;
}
/**
* Set createdDate
*
* #param \DateTime $createdDate
*
* #return Company
*/
public function setCreatedDate($createdDate)
{
$this->createdDate = $createdDate;
return $this;
}
/**
* Get createdDate
*
* #return \DateTime
*/
public function getCreatedDate()
{
return $this->createdDate;
}
/**
* Set lastUpdatedDate
*
* #param \DateTime $lastUpdatedDate
*
* #return Company
*/
public function setLastUpdatedDate($lastUpdatedDate)
{
$this->lastUpdatedDate = $lastUpdatedDate;
return $this;
}
/**
* Get lastUpdatedDate
*
* #return \DateTime
*/
public function getLastUpdatedDate()
{
return $this->lastUpdatedDate;
}
public function __toString()
{
return (string)$this->getId();
}
}
I have created schemas using both this and its correct. I have generated crud forms for both entities and its also giving me the correct forms. The issue is that, in my departments create and edit page, its giving me a combobox like this when rendering
<select id="benerite_companybundle_department_company" name="benerite_companybundle_department[company]">
<option value=""></option>
<option value="1">1</option>
<option value="2">2</option>
</select>
This is not really what I want it should mbe like
<select id="benerite_companybundle_department_company" name="benerite_companybundle_department[company]">
<option value="">please select</option>
<option value="1">comapny 1</option>
<option value="2">comapny 2</option>
</select>
Here is my new.twig.html file
{% extends '::base.html.twig' %}
{% block body -%}
<h1>Department creation</h1>
{{ form_start(form) }}
<div>
{{ form_label(form.company) }}
{{ form_widget(form.company) }}
</div>
<div>
{{ form_label(form.departmentStatus) }}
{{ form_widget(form.departmentStatus) }}
</div>
<div>
{{ form_label(form.departmentName) }}
{{ form_widget(form.departmentName) }}
</div>
{{ form_end(form) }}
<ul class="record_actions">
<li>
<a href="{{ path('department') }}">
Back to the list
</a>
</li>
</ul>
{% endblock %}
I am using symfony2.7 and mysql as database.

Answer 1

You can do like below:
public function buildForm(FormBuilderInterface $builder, array $options)
{
$builder
->add('company', 'entity', array(
'class' => 'BeneriteCompanyBundle:Company',
'choice_label' => 'companyName'
)
->add('departmentName')
->add('departmentStatus')
;
}
I hope this will work as you want.
Or if you want to write custom query go through below url:
http://symfony.com/doc/current/reference/forms/types/entity.html#using-a-custom-query-for-the-entities