Symfony and FOSRestBundle: form not filling entity data - php

Question

I'm trying to build a very simple rest api with FOS Rest bundle.
The GET and DELETE methods were easy, but I'm struggling with post.
Here's my post method of a very simple entity (only has a "name" and "active" property):
/**
* #param Request $request
* #return array|View
*/
public function postSkillsAction(Request $request)
{
$skill = new Skill();
$form = $this->createForm(SkillType::class, $skill);
$form->submit($request->request->get($form->getName()));
if ($form->isSubmitted() && $form->isValid()) {
$this->entityManager->persist($skill);
$this->entityManager->flush();
return $this->redirectToRoute('skillset', ['id' => $skill->getId()], Response::HTTP_CREATED);
}
return [
'form' => $form
];
}
And this is my form:
final class SkillType extends AbstractType
{
/**
* #param FormBuilderInterface $builder
* #param array $options
*/
public function buildForm(FormBuilderInterface $builder, array $options) : void
{
$builder
->add(
'name', TextType::class, [
'label' => 'fields.name'
])
->add('active', CheckboxType::class, [
'label' => 'fields.active',
'required' => false
]);
}
/**
* #param OptionsResolver $resolver
*/
public function configureOptions(OptionsResolver $resolver)
{
$resolver->setDefaults([
'data_class' => Skill::class,
'csrf_protection' => false
]);
}
/**
* #return string
*/
public function getName() : string
{
return 'skill';
}
}
The problem is that it seems like the form is not filling the entity data, when I execute /api/skills sending by post name and active I get the following SQL error
An exception occurred while executing 'INSERT INTO skill (name, active, created_at, updated_at) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?)' with params [null, 0, "2017-03-19 19:49:37", "2017-03-19 19:49:37"]
The form data arrives correctly, I've debug and if I do $request->request->get('name') I got the proper value.
I couldn't find any updated example, this one for instance is for symfony 2, although I tried to follow it as much as possible
https://github.com/gimler/symfony-rest-edition/blob/2.7/src/AppBundle/Controller/NoteController.php
UPDATE
If I do a var_dump of var_dump($request->request->all()); I get
array(
'name' => a,
'active' => 1
)
And here's the entity
final class Skill
{
use OptionalDateTimeTrait;
/**
* #var integer
*/
private $id;
/**
* #var string
*/
private $name;
/**
* #var integer
*/
private $active;
/**
* #return int
*/
public function getId(): int
{
return $this->id;
}
/**
* #param int $id
* #return Skill
*/
public function setId(int $id) : self
{
$this->id = $id;
return $this;
}
/**
* #return string
*/
public function getName()
{
return $this->name;
}
/**
* #param string $name
* #return self
*/
public function setName(string $name) : self
{
$this->name = $name;
return $this;
}
/**
* Set active
*
* #param boolean $active
*
* #return Skill
*/
public function setActive($active) : self
{
$this->active = $active;
return $this;
}
/**
* Get active
*
* #return boolean
*/
public function getActive()
{
return $this->active;
}
}

Answer 1

As you've told us, when you're calling $request->request->get('name') you get correct value. Please take a look at your code where you pass data to form:
$form->submit($request->request->get($form->getName()));
This line of code means that you're passing to form only those data, which comes as array named as your form (in your case - skill). In this case you should pass through POST such data:
skill[name]=John
skill[active]=1
If you want not to send data through POST using array wrapper, you have to submit to your form whole request:
$form->submit($request->request->all());
Both methods are technically correct, but second is in fact anti-pattern.