/**
* persist an instance of NewsArticle with the entity_manager
*
* @param NewsArticle $news
*/
public function persist(NewsArticle $news)
{
if(!$news->getPublishedDate()) {
$news->setPublishedDate(new \DateTime());
}
$em = $this->getEntityManager();
$em->persist($news);
}
public function load($manager)
{
for($p = 0; $p < 10; $p++)
{
$news = new Entity\NewsArticle();
$news->setTitle("lôrém news #{$p}");
$news->setContent("lorem news ipsum #{$p}");
$inThePast = rand(0, 100);
$date = strtotime("-{$inThePast}days");
$news->setPublishedDate(new \DateTime(date('Y-m-d', $date)));
$manager->getRepository('GoGreat\CMSBaseBundle\Entity\NewsArticle')->persist($news);
}
$manager->flush();
}