#Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\ "Annotation was never imported" - php

Question

so i'm new to Doctrine and PHP in general and i have a small issue that i don't know how to fix...
I need to create a PHP app (using Doctrine) and to make communication with the DB my predecessor used Doctrine ORM; so i tried to use one of his files as a templates to make my part of the app but it does not seem to work...
First, his file used as template:
<?php
namespace App\Entity;
use Doctrine\Common\Collections\ArrayCollection;
use Doctrine\Common\Collections\Collection;
use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping as ORM;
use Symfony\Component\Security\Core\User\UserInterface;
use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints as Assert;
use Symfony\Bridge\Doctrine\Validator\Constraints\UniqueEntity;
use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Annotation\Groups;
/**
* #ORM\Entity(repositoryClass="App\Repository\UserRepository")
* #UniqueEntity("email")
*/
class User implements UserInterface
{
/**
* #ORM\Id()
* #ORM\GeneratedValue()
* #ORM\Column(type="integer")
* #Groups({"campaign_get", "user_logged"})
*/
private $id;
/**
* #ORM\Column(type="string", length=180, unique=true)
* #Assert\NotBlank
* #Assert\Email
* #Groups({"campaign_get", "user_logged"})
*/
private $email;
/**
* #var string The hashed password
* #ORM\Column(type="string")
* #Assert\NotBlank
* #Assert\Regex(
* pattern="/^(?=.{8,}$)(?=.*[a-z])(?=.*[A-Z])(?=.*[0-9]).*$/",
* message="Votre mot de passe doit contenir au moins 1 chiffre, 1 majuscule, 1 minuscule et avoir une longueur d'au moins 8 caractères."
* )
*/
private $password;
/**
* #ORM\Column(type="string", length=100)
* #Assert\NotBlank
* #Groups("campaign_get")
*/
private $firstname;
/**
* #ORM\Column(type="string", length=100)
* #Assert\NotBlank
* #Groups("campaign_get")
*/
private $lastname;
/**
* #ORM\Column(type="boolean")
*/
private $status;
/**
* #ORM\Column(type="string", length=100, nullable=true)
*/
private $idInstagram;
/**
* #ORM\Column(type="string", length=100, nullable=true)
*/
private $idFacebook;
/**
* #ORM\Column(type="string", length=100, nullable=true)
*/
private $idYoutube;
/**
* #ORM\Column(type="string", length=100, nullable=true)
*/
private $idSnapchat;
/**
* #ORM\Column(type="string", length=100, nullable=true)
*/
private $idTiktok;
/**
* #ORM\Column(type="datetime")
*/
private $createdAt;
/**
* #ORM\Column(type="datetime", nullable=true)
*/
private $updatedAt;
/**
* #ORM\ManyToMany(targetEntity="App\Entity\Role")
* #Groups("campaign_get")
*/
private $userRoles;
/**
* #ORM\ManyToMany(targetEntity="App\Entity\Article", mappedBy="users")
*/
private $articles;
/**
* #ORM\Column(type="string", length=100, nullable=true)
*/
private $companyName;
/**
* #ORM\ManyToMany(targetEntity="App\Entity\Campaign", mappedBy="users")
*/
private $campaigns;
/**
* #ORM\Column(type="string", length=255, nullable=true)
*/
private $resetToken;
public function __construct()
{
$this->userRoles = new ArrayCollection();
$this->articles = new ArrayCollection();
$this->status = 1;
$this->createdAt = new \DateTime();
$this->campaigns = new ArrayCollection();
}
public function getId(): ?int
{
return $this->id;
}
public function getEmail(): ?string
{
return $this->email;
}
public function setEmail(string $email): self
{
$this->email = $email;
return $this;
}
/**
* A visual identifier that represents this user.
*
* #see UserInterface
*/
public function getUsername(): string
{
return (string) $this->email;
}
/**
* #see UserInterface
*/
public function getRoles(): array
{
$roles = $this->userRoles;
$userRoles = [];
foreach ($roles as $role) {
$userRoles[] = $role->getName();
}
return $userRoles;
}
/**
* #see UserInterface
*/
public function getPassword(): string
{
return (string) $this->password;
}
public function setPassword(string $password): self
{
$this->password = $password;
return $this;
}
/**
* #see UserInterface
*/
public function getSalt()
{
// not needed when using the "bcrypt" algorithm in security.yaml
}
/**
* #see UserInterface
*/
public function eraseCredentials()
{
// If you store any temporary, sensitive data on the user, clear it here
// $this->plainPassword = null;
}
public function getFirstname(): ?string
{
return $this->firstname;
}
public function setFirstname(string $firstname): self
{
$this->firstname = $firstname;
return $this;
}
public function getLastname(): ?string
{
return $this->lastname;
}
public function setLastname(string $lastname): self
{
$this->lastname = $lastname;
return $this;
}
public function getStatus(): ?bool
{
return $this->status;
}
public function setStatus(bool $status): self
{
$this->status = $status;
return $this;
}
public function getIdInstagram(): ?string
{
return $this->idInstagram;
}
public function setIdInstagram(?string $idInstagram): self
{
$this->idInstagram = $idInstagram;
return $this;
}
public function getIdFacebook(): ?string
{
return $this->idFacebook;
}
public function setIdFacebook(?string $idFacebook): self
{
$this->idFacebook = $idFacebook;
return $this;
}
public function getIdYoutube(): ?string
{
return $this->idYoutube;
}
public function setIdYoutube(?string $idYoutube): self
{
$this->idYoutube = $idYoutube;
return $this;
}
public function getIdSnapchat(): ?string
{
return $this->idSnapchat;
}
public function setIdSnapchat(?string $idSnapchat): self
{
$this->idSnapchat = $idSnapchat;
return $this;
}
public function getCreatedAt(): ?\DateTimeInterface
{
return $this->createdAt;
}
public function setCreatedAt(\DateTimeInterface $createdAt): self
{
$this->createdAt = $createdAt;
return $this;
}
public function getUpdatedAt(): ?\DateTimeInterface
{
return $this->updatedAt;
}
public function setUpdatedAt(?\DateTimeInterface $updatedAt): self
{
$this->updatedAt = $updatedAt;
return $this;
}
public function getIdTiktok(): ?string
{
return $this->idTiktok;
}
public function setIdTiktok(?string $idTiktok): self
{
$this->idTiktok = $idTiktok;
return $this;
}
/**
* #return Collection|Role[]
*/
public function getUserRoles(): Collection
{
return $this->userRoles;
}
public function addUserRole(Role $userRole): self
{
if (!$this->userRoles->contains($userRole)) {
$this->userRoles[] = $userRole;
}
return $this;
}
public function removeUserRole(Role $userRole): self
{
if ($this->userRoles->contains($userRole)) {
$this->userRoles->removeElement($userRole);
}
return $this;
}
/**
* #return Collection|Article[]
*/
public function getArticles(): Collection
{
return $this->articles;
}
public function addArticle(Article $article): self
{
if (!$this->articles->contains($article)) {
$this->articles[] = $article;
$article->addUser($this);
}
return $this;
}
public function removeArticle(Article $article): self
{
if ($this->articles->contains($article)) {
$this->articles->removeElement($article);
$article->removeUser($this);
}
return $this;
}
public function getCompanyName(): ?string
{
return $this->companyName;
}
public function setCompanyName(?string $companyName): self
{
$this->companyName = $companyName;
return $this;
}
/**
* #return Collection|Campaign[]
*/
public function getCampaigns(): Collection
{
return $this->campaigns;
}
public function addCampaign(Campaign $campaign): self
{
if (!$this->campaigns->contains($campaign)) {
$this->campaigns[] = $campaign;
$campaign->addUser($this);
}
return $this;
}
public function removeCampaign(Campaign $campaign): self
{
if ($this->campaigns->contains($campaign)) {
$this->campaigns->removeElement($campaign);
$campaign->removeUser($this);
}
return $this;
}
public function getResetToken(): ?string
{
return $this->resetToken;
}
public function setResetToken(?string $resetToken): self
{
$this->resetToken = $resetToken;
return $this;
}
}
Then, mine using the same philosophy:
<?php
namespace App\Entity;
use Doctrine\Common\Collections\ArrayCollection;
use Doctrine\Common\Collections\Collection;
use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping as ORM;
use Symfony\Component\Security\Core\User\UserInterface;
use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints as Assert;
use Symfony\Bridge\Doctrine\Validator\Constraints\UniqueEntity;
use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Annotation\Groups;
/**
* #ORM\Entity(repositoryClass="App\Repository\AgencyRepository")
*/
class Agency
{
/**
* #ORM\Id()
* #ORM\GeneratedValue()
* #ORM\Column(type="integer")
*/
private $id;
/**
* #ORM\nameAgency()
* #ORM\Column(type"string")
*/
private $nameAgency;
/**
* #ORM\nameContact
* #ORM\Column(type="string")
* #Assert\NotBlank
*/
private $nameContact;
}
Then i try to run this:
php bin/console doctrine:migrations:diff
into a terminal to update the DB, it works fine with the previous file (User Class) but mine (Agency Class) throw a error:
[Semantical Error] The annotation "#Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\nameAgency" in property App\Entity\Agency::$nameAgency was never imported. Did you maybe forget to add
a "use" statement for this annotation?
At first i thought it was an issue with import, so i made exactly the sames imports as in User Class but the error is still present.
Googling the error lead me to a github issue that leeds to this as a fix; but it doesn't seems to work's for me...
What should i do to fix this issue?

Answer 1

You are using
#ORM\nameAgency()
obviously this annotation does not exist, why do you have it there?
Remove #ORM\nameAgency() and #ORM\nameContact, it doesn't make any sense.
Explanation: by #ORM\nameAgency() you actually mean Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\nameAgency and this annotation naturally doesn't exist in Doctrine.