Symfony 4 access parameters inside of repository - php

Question

I have a repository class called EmailRepository
class EmailRepository extends EntityRepository implements ContainerAwareInterface { ... }
I need to get a parameter injected into this repository class but I dont know how...
This is what I currently have inside of the repository, which is being called from my controller:
Controller:
$em->getRepository(Email::class)->getEmailApi();
Repository
class EmailRepository extends EntityRepository implements ContainerAwareInterface {
protected $container;
public function setContainer(ContainerInterface $container = null) {
$this->container = $container;
}
/**
* #param $array
*/
public function getEmailApi($array)
{
echo $this->container->getParameter('email_api');
}
}
I always get this error:
Call to a member function getParameter() on null
The parameter is not null, it does have a value. I know it's telling me that $this->container is null. How do I fix this?
If I run this inside of my controller, it works fine and returns Google
echo $this->getParameter('email_api');

Answer 1

Inject container not a good idea. Try this
services.yaml
App\Repository\EmailRepository:
arguments:
$emailApi: '%env(EMAIL_API)%'
Repository
class EmailRepository
{
protected $emailApi;
public function __construct(string $emailApi)
{
$this->emailApi = $emailApi;
}
/**
* #param $array
*/
public function getEmailApi($array)
{
return $this->emailApi;
}
}
Or via setter injection
services.yaml
App\Repository\EmailRepository:
calls:
- method: setEmailApi
arguments:
$emailApi: '%env(EMAIL_API)%'
Repository
class EmailRepository extends EntityRepository implements ContainerAwareInterface
{
protected $emailApi;
public function setEmailApi(string $emailApi)
{
$this->emailApi = $emailApi;
}
/**
* #param $array
*/
public function getEmailApi($array)
{
return $this->emailApi;
}
}

Answer 2

Your original code is not going to work because there is nothing calling EmailRepository::setContainer. Furthermore, using ContainerAware and injecting the full container is discouraged.
Fortunately, the Doctrine bundle has a new base repository class that the entity manager can use to pull the repository from container and allow you to inject additional dependencies as needed. Something like:
namespace App\Repository;
use App\Entity\Email;
use Doctrine\Bundle\DoctrineBundle\Repository\ServiceEntityRepository;
use Symfony\Bridge\Doctrine\RegistryInterface;
use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ParameterBag\ParameterBagInterface;
class EmailRepository extends ServiceEntityRepository // Different class to extend from
{
private $emailApi;
public function __construct(RegistryInterface $registry, ParameterBagInterface $parameterBag)
{
parent::__construct($registry, Email::class);
$this->emailApi = $parameterBag->get('email_api');
}
So in this case we inject all the parameters and then store the ones we need.
Even injecting the parameter bag is a bit frowned upon. Better to inject individual parameters though this takes just a bit more configuration as we need to use services.yaml to explicitly inject the needed parameters:
public function __construct(RegistryInterface $registry, string $emailApi)
{
parent::__construct($registry, Email::class);
$this->emailApi = $emailApi;
}
#services.yaml
App\Repository\EmailRepository:
$emailApi: 'email_api_value'