public function createAction()
 {
     $view = new ViewModel();
     $request = $this->getRequest();
     $entityManager = $this->getEntityManager();
     if ($request->isPost()) {
         $strUser = $request->getPost()->user;
         $strProductIds = $request->getPost()->products;
         $strDescription = $request->getPost()->description;
         $reporter = $entityManager->find("User", $strUser);
         $engineer = $entityManager->find("User", $strUser);
         if (!$reporter || !$engineer) {
             echo "No reporter and/or engineer found for the input.\n";
             exit(1);
         }
         $bug = new \Bug();
         $bug->setDescription($strDescription);
         $bug->setCreated(new \DateTime("now"));
         $bug->setStatus("OPEN");
         foreach ($strProductIds as $productId) {
             $product = $entityManager->find("Product", $productId);
             $bug->assignToProduct($product);
         }
         $bug->setReporter($reporter);
         $bug->setEngineer($engineer);
         $entityManager->persist($bug);
         $entityManager->flush();
         $view->setVariable('bug', $bug);
         $view->setTemplate('application/bug/create_post');
     } else {
         // If you don't have parameters in the query, you can use the getResult() shortcut
         $users = $entityManager->getRepository('User')->findAll();
         $view->setVariable('users', $users);
         $products = $entityManager->getRepository('Product')->findAll();
         $view->setVariable('products', $products);
     }
     return $view;
 }
<?php

$entityManager = (require_once __DIR__ . '/bootstrap.php');
$theReporterId = $argv[1];
$theDefaultEngineerId = $argv[2];
$productIds = explode(",", $argv[3]);
/** @var User $reporter */
$reporter = $entityManager->find("User", $theReporterId);
/** @var User $engineer */
$engineer = $entityManager->find("User", $theDefaultEngineerId);
if (!$reporter || !$engineer) {
    echo "No reporter and/or engineer found for the input.\n";
    exit(1);
}
$bug = new Bug();
$bug->setDescription("Something does not work again!");
$bug->setCreated(new DateTime("now"));
$bug->setStatus("OPEN");
foreach ($productIds as $productId) {
    /** @var Product $product */
    $product = $entityManager->find("Product", $productId);
    $bug->assignToProduct($product);
}
$bug->setReporter($reporter);
$bug->setEngineer($engineer);
$entityManager->persist($bug);
$entityManager->flush();
echo "Your new Bug Id: " . $bug->getId() . "\n";
 public function assignToProduct($product)
 {
     $this->__load();
     return parent::assignToProduct($product);
 }