Use two entities with the same name in symfony - php

Question

Hi i need to use two entities with the same name but from a different bundle
Here is how i insert data in my db
use StudentsBundle\Entity\logintrys;
$em = $this->getDoctrine()->getManager();
$start = new logintrys();
$start->setStudentId($username);
$start->setLogintrys($array);
$em = $this->getDoctrine()->getManager();
$em->persist($start);
$em->flush();
And the entity class
<?php
namespace StudentsBundle\Entity;
use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping as ORM;
/**
* logintrys
*
* #ORM\Table(name="logintrys")
* #ORM\Entity(repositoryClass="StudentsBundle\Repository\logintrysRepository")
*/
class logintrys
{
/**
* #var int
*
* #ORM\Column(name="id", type="integer")
* #ORM\Id
* #ORM\GeneratedValue(strategy="AUTO")
*/
private $id;
/**
* #var string
*
* #ORM\Column(name="student_id", type="string", length=20)
*/
private $studentId;
/**
* #var array
*
* #ORM\Column(name="logintrys", type="json_array", nullable=true)
*/
private $logintrys;
/**
* Get id
*
* #return int
*/
public function getId()
{
return $this->id;
}
/**
* Set studentId
*
* #param string $studentId
*
* #return logintrys
*/
public function setStudentId($studentId)
{
$this->studentId = $studentId;
return $this;
}
/**
* Get studentId
*
* #return string
*/
public function getStudentId()
{
return $this->studentId;
}
/**
* Set logintrys
*
* #param array $logintrys
*
* #return logintrys
*/
public function setLogintrys($logintrys)
{
$this->logintrys = $logintrys;
return $this;
}
/**
* Get logintrys
*
* #return array
*/
public function getLogintrys()
{
return $this->logintrys;
}
}
My second insert query is exactly the same as the first one only now i can not use $start = new logintrys(); because this is the same name as the first
here is my entity in the teachersBundle
<?php
namespace TeachersBundle\Entity;
use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping as ORM;
/**
* logintrys
*
* #ORM\Table(name="logintrys")
* #ORM\Entity(repositoryClass="TeachersBundle\Repository\logintrysRepository")
*/
class logintrys
{
/**
* #var int
*
* #ORM\Column(name="id", type="integer")
* #ORM\Id
* #ORM\GeneratedValue(strategy="AUTO")
*/
private $id;
/**
* #var string
*
* #ORM\Column(name="docent_id", type="string", length=20)
*/
private $docentId;
/**
* #var array
*
* #ORM\Column(name="logintrys", type="json_array", nullable=true)
*/
private $logintrys;
/**
* Get id
*
* #return int
*/
public function getId()
{
return $this->id;
}
/**
* Set docentId
*
* #param string $docentId
*
* #return logintrys
*/
public function setDocentId($docentId)
{
$this->docentId = $docentId;
return $this;
}
/**
* Get docentId
*
* #return string
*/
public function getDocentId()
{
return $this->docentId;
}
/**
* Set logintrys
*
* #param array $logintrys
*
* #return logintrys
*/
public function setLogintrys($logintrys)
{
$this->logintrys = $logintrys;
return $this;
}
/**
* Get logintrys
*
* #return array
*/
public function getLogintrys()
{
return $this->logintrys;
}
}
My question is how can i use the logintrys of the StudentsBundle and TeachersBundle in the same script
Here is the error
Cannot use TeachersBundle\Entity\logintrys as logintrys because the name is already in use
Thank you in advance

Answer 1

When you call your entity with:
use StudentsBundle\Entity\logintrys;
you can add an 'as':
use StudentsBundle\Entity\logintrys as StudentLogintrys;
use TeachersBundle\Entity\logintrys as TeacherLogintrys;
http://php.net/manual/en/language.namespaces.importing.php
Then, in your code you can do:
$start = new StudentLogintrys();
$start2 = new TeacherLogintrys();

Answer 2

I think that the better way is to use inheritance in which the main class contains your logintrys member.
because in php you can't do something like that :
use StudentsBundle\Entity\logintrys;
use TeachersBundle\Entity\logintrys;
this example provide an error because script don't know that kind of class you want instantiate.
I think this is a solution (there are always better but it should work) :
class father{
private logintrys
}
class student extends father{
private id;
private studentId;
}
class teacher extends father{
private id;
private docentId;
}
to create one of them :
$start = new father();
$start->setLogintrys($array);
if($start instanceof student) $start->setStudentId($username);