How to effectively pass data from my controller to repository, Symfony - php

Question

I'm working on a Symfony project that makes use of a
Repository file in which I have declared and created an instance of a query builder
(repository1)
$mk = $this->createQueryBuilder('up');
$later = date("Y-m-d", strtotime("-3 months"));
$today = date("Y-m-d");
$mk->andWhere('up.period BETWEEN :start AND :end');
$mk->setParameter('start', $later);
$mk->setParameter('end', $today);
return $mk->getQuery()->getResult();
automatically this generates data for my page between the above dates.
Now I want to create a form where I can make a search between two dates.
with the intention of passing the posted data from this form to my controller into my method below
My controller below (controller1)
protected function getData(EntityManagerInterface $entityManager,Request $request) {
// this code to get data from repository
$entityManager->getRepository(repository1::class)->getName()
// receive posted data
$date1 = $request->get('date');
$date2 = $request->get('date');
// now how to pass data to my repository1
}
Please how do I edit what I have to post data from within my controller to my (repository1)
so then it would be
$mk = $this->createQueryBuilder('up');
$later = $date1;
$today = $date2;
$mk->andWhere('up.period BETWEEN :start AND :end');
$mk->setParameter('start', $later);
$mk->setParameter('end', $today);
return $mk->getQuery()->getResult();
is this even possible, or im over thinking it?

Answer 1

RepositoryClass
public function getByStartEndDate(DateTimeInterface $start, DateTimeInterface $end)
{
return $this->createQueryBuilder('up')
->andWhere('up.period BETWEEN :start AND :end')
->setParameter('start', $start)
->setParameter('end', $end)
->getQuery()
->getResult()
;
}
Controller Class
private function getData(Request $request, RepositoryClass $repo)
{
// May need to convert these to DateTime objects
$start = $request->get('start');
$end = $request->get('end');
$records = $repo->getByStartEndDate($start, $end);
// do what you want with the records here
}

Answer 2

You can give the dates as parameters to your method.
Controller Class:
protected function getData(EntityManagerInterface $entityManager,Request $request) {
$start = $request->get('start') ? new \DateTime($request->get('start')) : null;
$end = $request->get('end') ? new \DateTime($request->get('end')) : null;
$result = $entityManager->getRepository(Entity::class)->getName($start, $end);
// do with result as desired
}
Repository Class:
public function getName(\DateTimeInterface $start, \DateTimeInterface $end)
{
return $this->createQueryBuilder('up')
->andWhere('up.period BETWEEN :start AND :end')
->setParameter('start', $start)
->setParameter('end', $end)
->getQuery()
->getResult()
;
}