$path = array('directory1', 'directory2', 'directory3'); // Array of directories which contain yml files. It will find all files with an extension of .yml
// Specify the format of the data you are importing
$format = 'yml';
$format = 'xml';
$format = 'csv';
$format = 'yml'; // xml, yml, json
$models = array('User', 'Phonenumber'); // you can optionally specify an array of the models you wish to import the data for, by default it loads data for all the available loaded models and the data that exists
You can write your fixtures files manually and load them in to your applications. Below is a sample data.yml fixtures file. You can also split your data fixtures file up in to multiple files. Doctrine will read all fixtures files and parse them, then load all data.
Please see the [doc schema-files :index :name] for the sample models/schema for these example fixtures.
Imagine a schema with the following relationships:
<code type="php">
Resource hasMany Tag as Tags
Resource hasOne ResourceType as Type
ResourceType hasMany Resource as Resources
Tag hasMany Resource as Resources
</code>
<code type="yml">
---
Adult:
Adult_1:
name: Parent 1
Contact: Contact_1
Car:
Car_1:
name: Chevorlet Trailblazer
Car_2:
name: Chevorlet Blazer
Car_3:
name: Buick
Child:
Child_1:
name: Child 1
Adult: Adult_1
Contact:
Contact_1:
name: Jonathan H. Wage
Contact_3:
name: Daniel Adams
Contact_4:
name: Robert Adams
Dog:
Dog_1:
name: Sam
User: User_1
Dog_2:
name: Dixie
User: User_2
Dog_3:
name: Chief
User: User_3
SelfReference:
SelfReference_1:
User1: User_1
User2: User_2
name: Self Reference 1
SelfReference1: SelfReference_2
SelfReference2: SelfReference_3
SelfReference_2:
User1: User_2
User2: User_1
name: Self Reference 2
SelfReference1: SelfReference_1
SelfReference2: SelfReference_1
SelfReference_3:
User1: User_2
User2: User_1
name: Self Reference 3
SelfReference1: SelfReference_3
SelfReference2: SelfReference_3
User:
User_1:
username: jwage
hair_color: light brown
Contact: Contact_1
User_2:
username: dadams
hair_color: dark brown
Contact: Contact_3
User_3:
username: radams
hair_color: light brown
Contact: Contact_4
UserCar:
UserCar_1:
User: User_1
Car: Car_1
UserCar_2:
User: User_2
Car: Car_2
UserCar_3:
User: User_3
Car: Car_3
Resource:
Resource_1:
name: Doctrine Video Tutorial
Type: Video
Tags: [tutorial, doctrine, help]
Resource_2:
name: Doctrine Cheat Sheet
Type: Image
Tags: [tutorial, cheat, help]
ResourceType:
Video:
name: Video
Image:
name: Image
Tag:
tutorial:
name: tutorial
doctrine:
name: doctrine
help:
name: help
cheat:
name: cheat
</code>
You could optionally specify the Resources each tag is related to instead of specifying the Tags a Resource has.
<code type="yml">
Tag:
tutorial:
name: tutorial
Resources: [Resource_1, Resource_2]
doctrine:
name: doctrine
Resources: [Resource_1]
help:
name: help
Resources: [Resource_1, Resource_2]
cheat:
name: cheat
Resources: [Resource_1]
</code>
Here is how you would write code to load the data from that data.yml file