/** * @Given /^employee "([^"]*)" "([^"]*)" who joined "([^"]*)" years ago$/ */ public function employeeWhoJoinedYearsAgo($fname, $lname, $years) { $em = $this->get('em'); $employee = new Employee(); $now = new \DateTime(); $yearsAgo = $now->modify('-' . $years . ' years'); $employee->setBirthdate($now); $employee->setFirstname($fname); $employee->setLastname($lname); $employee->setJoinedAt($yearsAgo); $em->persist($employee); $em->flush(); }