symfony2 entity oneToMany and methods - symfony

Question

Hi i had fully successfully setted my entity onetoMany and ManyToOne i generated setters and getters and in user entity it created this method:
user entity:
/**
* #ORM\OneToMany(targetEntity="TB\RequestsBundle\Entity\Requests", mappedBy="followeeuser")
*/
protected $followees;
requests entity:
/**
* #ORM\ManyToOne(targetEntity="TB\UserBundle\Entity\User", inversedBy="followees")
* #ORM\JoinColumn(name="followee_id", referencedColumnName="id", nullable=false)
*/
protected $followeeuser;
And when i using my own custom queries it works good... but i cant figure out how to use this generated function from symfony:
public function addFollowee(\TB\UserBundle\Entity\User $followee)
{
$this->followees[] = $followee;
}
I dont know what to pass there... i tried first get user object based on id of user from twig... worked good but the error occur:
$user->addFollowee($userRepository->find($target_user_id));
Found entity of type TB\UserBundle\Entity\User on association TB\UserBundle\Entity\User#followees, but expecting TB\RequestsBundle\Entity\Requests

Answer 1

Maybe you should think about what you're trying to before coding it. Grab a pen and a sheet of paper. :)
Tell me if I'm wrong, but here is what I think you're trying to do :
One user can have many "followee".
One "followee" can have one user.
So, a OneToMany relation is ok.
Here is how to write it, from the doc :
Requests.php (btw, you should use Request.php)
/**
* #ORM\ManyToOne(targetEntity="User", inversedBy="requests")
**/
private $user;
User.php
/**
* #ORM\OneToMany(targetEntity="Requests", mappedBy="user", cascade={"all"})
**/
private $requests;
public function __construct()
{
$this->requests = new \ArrayCollection();
}
Now you can check if you your relation is ok, and update your schema :
php app/console doctrine:schema:validate
php app/console doctrine:schema:update --force
About getters/setters :
Requests.php
public function getUser()
{
return $this->user;
}
public function setUser(User $user) // Please add a Use statement on top of your document
{
$this->user = $user;
return $this;
}
User.php
public function addRequest(Requests $request)
{
$this->requests->add($request);
return $this;
}
public function removeRequest(Requests $request)
{
$this->requests->removeElement($request);
return $this;
}
// Get requests and set requests (you know how to write those ones)
Now, to set a user to a Request, use
$request->setUser($user);
And to add a Request to a user, use
$user->addRequest($request);