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EasyAdmin 3 : Nested forms (Callection in another Collection)


I use EasyAdmin 3.

I'm creating a newsletter manager with Symfony 5. My entities are built as such.

  • Newsletter (ManyToOne => NewsletterItem)
    • NewsletterItem (ManyToOne => NewsletteItemSub)
      • NewsletteItemSub

In EasyAdmin, I was able to add a NewsletterItem in Newsletter. But I don't know how to add a NewsletterItemSub in NewsletterItem in EasyAdmin.

Does anyone have an idea?

My current code :

CollectionField::new('newsletterItems', 'Newsletter Items')
     ->allowAdd()
     ->allowAdd()
     ->setEntryIsComplex(false)
     ->setEntryType(NewsletterItemType::class)
     ->showEntryLabel(false)
     ->setFormTypeOptions([
         by_reference' => false
        ]
     )
     ->hideOnIndex(),

What I have now.


Solution

  • Create NewsletteItemSubType form class and embed it in NewsletterItemType

    Something like this:

    <?php
    #...
    class NewsletterItemType extends AbstractType
    {
        public function buildForm(FormBuilderInterface $builder, array $options): void
        {
            #...
    
            $builder->add('tags', CollectionType::class, [
                'entry_type' => NewsletteItemSubType::class,
                'entry_options' => ['label' => false],
            ]);
        }
    
        #...
    }
    

    https://symfony.com/doc/current/form/form_collections.html