<?php namespace App\DataFixtures; use Doctrine\Bundle\FixturesBundle\Fixture; use Doctrine\Common\Persistence\ObjectManager; use Faker\Factory; /** * Base class to create fixtures */ abstract class BaseFixture extends Fixture { public function load(ObjectManager $manager) { $this->manager = $manager; $this->faker = Factory::create(); $this->loadData($manager); } protected function createMany(int $count, string $groupName, callable $factory) { for ($i = 0; $i < $count; $i++) { $entity = $factory($i); if (null === $entity) { throw new \LogicException('Did you forget to return the entity object from your callback to BaseFixture::createMany()?'); } $this->manager->persist($entity); // store for usage later as groupName_#COUNT# $this->addReference(sprintf('%s_%d', $groupName, $i), $entity); } } }