Symfony2: Expected argument of type "object", "integer" given

Question

I am trying to create a form with in a drop down list. The data are get from the entity. The problem is that I am getting a Expected argument of type "object", "integer" given exception.

Here is how I am trying to populate the dropdownlist in the form:

public function buildForm(FormBuilder $builder, array $options)
{
   $builder->add('country', 'entity', array(
        'class' => 'SciForumVersion2Bundle:Country',
        'property' => 'country',
    ));
}

In my Entity country, I have

/**
 * @ORM\Column(type="text")
 */
protected $country;

The object I am editing in the form is the user object:

$enquiry = $this->get('security.context')->getToken()->getUser();

In the user entity, I have

/**
 * @ORM\Column(type="integer")
 */
protected $country;

I don't know why I am getting this error.

Julien · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-11 13:03:21Z

2

There seem to be a problem in your model design, the user's "Country" property should be a Many-To-One association, not an integer (this is why the form builder complains) :

/**
 * @ORM\ManyToOne(targetEntity="Country")
 * @ORM\JoinColumn(name="country_id", referencedColumnName="id")
 **/
private $country;

The "property" option is only used to display the entity choice to the user, Symfony2 uses the first parameter of the "add" method to decide which field of the object to edit.

edited Oct 11, 2012 at 13:03

answered Oct 11, 2012 at 12:51

Julien

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Milos Cuculovic Over a year ago

Thank you Julien, I have tryed this but I am geting another exception: AnnotationException: [Semantical Error] The annotation "@ManyToOne" in property SciForum\Version2Bundle\Entity\User::$country was never imported. Did you maybe forget to add a "use" statement for this annotation?

user776440 Over a year ago

It needs to use @ORM\ManyToOne and @ORM\JoinColumn in your model, assuming you have ORM in your use statements.

Julien Over a year ago

Exactly, I thought of it but I forgot to change it in the code, my bad. Symfony recommends to import the doctrine routes as @ORM, so you need to prefix the routes. I've edited my answer.

Milos Cuculovic Over a year ago

Thank you very much, I am getting the country id now. One more auestion if possible :). I would like to set the country id as value and the country name as text for my drop down list. Is it possible with the configuration I have actually and if so, do you please can tell me how can I do it?

Julien Over a year ago

If I understand your new requirement, it should already be the case. Could you add it to your question (or create a new one), explaining what you have and what you expect ?

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