Execute repository functions in scheduler task - php

Question

Currently I have an scheduler task, but I want to use function from my extbase repository (in the same extension).
I keep getting "PHP Fatal error: Call to a member function add() on a non-object", no matter how I try to include my repo or controller from extbase.
My SampleTask.php:
namespace TYPO3\ExtName\Task;
class SampleTask extends \TYPO3\CMS\Scheduler\Task\AbstractTask {
public function execute() {
$controller = \TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\GeneralUtility::makeInstance('\TYPO3\ExtName\Controller\SampleController');
$new = new \TYPO3\ExtName\Domain\Model\Sample;
$new->setName('test');
$controller->createAction($new);
}
}
And correctly defined in my ext_localconf.php
Can someone explain me how I can access my Repository (or controller) -extbase- from my SampleTask.php.
Using TYPO3 6.2.
Thank you.

Answer 1

You are getting this php error, because you instanciated your controller with makeInstance(). If you use makeInstance to get the objectManager (\TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Object\ObjectManager) and use $objectManager->get('TYPO3\ExtName\Controller\SampleController'), the dependency injection inside your controller will work (e.g. your repository).
But you can use the objectManager to get the repository right away, so you dont have to call a controller action:
Something like this:
namespace TYPO3\ExtName\Task;
use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\GeneralUtility;
use TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Object\ObjectManager;
use TYPO3\ExtName\Domain\Repository\SampleRepository;
use TYPO3\ExtName\Domain\Model\Sample;
use TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Persistence\PersistenceManagerInterface;
class SampleTask extends \TYPO3\CMS\Scheduler\Task\AbstractTask {
public function execute() {
$objectManager = GeneralUtility::makeInstance(ObjectManager::class);
$sampleRepository= $objectManager->get(SampleRepository::class);
$new = new Sample();
$new->setName('test');
$sampleRepository->add($new);
$objectManager->get(PersistenceManagerInterface::class)->persistAll();
}
}