I'm trying to edit or override the config (admin_orm.xml) of a service (sonata.user.admin.user) which is created by SonataUserBundle. I'd like to be able to use the entitymanager in that service. Because i need to edit edit on another entity after the creation of a new user on SonataAdminBundle (https://sonata-project.org/bundles/admin/2-3/doc/reference/saving_hooks.html).
The config file:
<parameters>
<parameter key="sonata.user.admin.groupname">sonata_user</parameter>
</parameters>
<services>
<service id="sonata.user.admin.user" class="%sonata.user.admin.user.class%">
<tag name="sonata.admin" manager_type="orm" group="%sonata.user.admin.groupname%" label="users" label_catalogue="SonataUserBundle" label_translator_strategy="sonata.admin.label.strategy.underscore" />
<argument />
<argument>%sonata.user.admin.user.entity%</argument>
<argument>%sonata.user.admin.user.controller%</argument>
<call method="setUserManager">
<argument type="service" id="fos_user.user_manager" />
</call>
<call method="setTranslationDomain">
<argument>%sonata.user.admin.user.translation_domain%</argument>
</call>
</service>
<service id="sonata.user.admin.group" class="%sonata.user.admin.group.class%">
<tag name="sonata.admin" manager_type="orm" group="%sonata.user.admin.groupname%" label="groups" label_catalogue="SonataUserBundle" label_translator_strategy="sonata.admin.label.strategy.underscore" />
<argument />
<argument>%sonata.user.admin.group.entity%</argument>
<argument>%sonata.user.admin.group.controller%</argument>
<call method="setTranslationDomain">
<argument>%sonata.user.admin.group.translation_domain%</argument>
</call>
</service>
</services>
I found a way to fix my problem which is this line:
$em = $this->getConfigurationPool()->getContainer()->get('doctrine.orm.entity_manager');
it's probably not the cleanest way to fix the problem, but it works for me.