Easyadminbundle: Change how ManyToMany relation behaves in EasyAdminBundle

[reypm]

I have two entities Command and Predetermined and they are related as ManyToMany:

    class Command
    {
        use IdentifierAutogeneratedTrait;
        use TimestampableEntity;
        use ActiveTrait;

        /**
         * @var string
         * @ORM\Column(type="string", length=150)
         */
        private $name;

        /**
         * @var string
         * @ORM\Column(type="text", nullable=true)
         */
        private $description;

        /**
         * @var Predetermined[]
         * @ORM\ManyToMany(targetEntity="Predetermined", mappedBy="commands", cascade={"persist"})
         */
        private $predetermined;
        ...
    }

    class Predetermined
    {
        use IdentifierAutogeneratedTrait;
        use TimestampableEntity;
        use ActiveTrait;

        /**
         * @var string
         * @ORM\Column(type="string", length=160)
         * @Assert\NotBlank()
         */
        private $smsText;

        /**
         * @var Command[]
         * @ORM\ManyToMany(targetEntity="Command", inversedBy="predetermined", cascade={"persist", "remove"})
         * @ORM\JoinTable(name="predetermined_has_command")
         */
        private $commands;
        ...
    }

I am trying how they behaves. Take a look to the pics below:

In this way I allow to choose more than one command which is why I used a ManyToMany but ...

In this way I shouldn't allow to choose more than one so only one is allowed. Still the same entities but change the behavior based on a condition (the user picks something).

I have tried some config (one by one) for the EasyAdmin entity:

    easy_admin:
        entities:
            Predeterminated:
                class: Clanmovil\PlatformAdminBundle\Entity\Predetermined
                form:
                    fields:
                        ...
                        # not works, still allow pick many commands
                        - { property: 'commands', label: 'form.command', type_options: { multiple: false } }
                        # not works, got this error: The value of type "object" cannot be converted to a valid array key. 
                        - { property: 'commands', label: 'form.command', type: 'choice', type_options: { multiple: false } }
                        # works, but needs to define the class parameter 
                        - { property: 'commands', label: 'form.command', type: 'entity', type_options: { class: 'PlatformAdminBundle\Entity\Command', multiple: false } }
                        ...

Is this a bug? A bad configuration on my side? Anything else?

In the other side, the widget for the working config doesn't display properly:

Help? ping @javiereguiluz @Pierstoval @ogizanagi

[reypm]

Hey @javiereguiluz since I saw you answering and closing a few issues can you give me an advice on this one?

[javiereguiluz]

@reypm sorry, I can't at the moment. I'm focused on fixing reported bugs.

[Pierstoval]

@reypm The last solution with the entity type and the class options are correct, but you should specify multiple: true because it's a ManyToMany relationship. I used this in another non-EasyAdmin form this week and this is the right way.

[Pierstoval]

In this way I shouldn't allow to choose more than one so only one is allowed. Still the same entities but change the behavior based on a condition (the user picks something).

Sorry, double-posting, but I just saw this part. Then multiple: false is good and the problem with the widget is quite strange. Did you see a javascript error or something?

[reypm]

@Pierstoval nop, no JS error, weird (the code is on the repo if you want to take a look)

[snaks12]

Hello

@reypm I've run on the same problem today i've found that my entity don't go through the configure method in JavierEguiluz\Bundle\EasyAdminBundle\Form\Type\Configurator\EntityTypeConfigurator

so i added the data attribute via the config like this

{ property: 'tag', type: 'entity', type_options: { class: 'MyEntity', multiple: true, attr: { data-widget: 'select2' } }  }

i don't know if this feature was intended but this is my solution :)

[javiereguiluz]

@snaks12 thanks for providing a solution for this. Could you please also provide some more details about the error? You say that your entity doesn't go through the configure() method of EntityTypeConfigurator but I don't fully understand it. Thanks!

[snaks12]

I test easyadmin for not a very long time so i don't know how this part work exactly but when i saw my select don't get the data-widget. I searched where this is added. Next i put a var_dump($options) in configure and it doesn't trigger on the entity with inversBy.

I can't try more than that now sorry :(

[javiereguiluz]

@snaks12 no worries, thanks for the info!

[javiereguiluz]

I'm closing this one because it's too old. If the problem persists in newer versions of the bundle, let's create new issues. Thanks!