private function addPub($pubVals, &$em) { print "\n add pub ->" . $pubVals[0]; $pubEntity = new Publication(); $pubEntity->setCreatedBy($em->getRepository('AppBundle:User')->findOneBy(array('id' => '6'))); $pubEntity->setDisplayName($pubVals[0]); $pubEntity->setDescription($pubVals[1]); $pubEntity->setPublicationType($em->getRepository("AppBundle:PublicationType")->findOneBy(array("displayName" => $pubVals[2]))); $em->persist($pubEntity); return $pubEntity; }