How to access repository methods for an entity in symfony2?

Question

I am stuck with a problem please help me with it. Here is the scenarario:

I have an entity \"User\" and corresponding repository \"UserRepository\", inside my entit

Answer 1

If the bundle is Acme/DemoBundle, then one would expect at a minimum

User entity

namespace Acme/DemoBundle/Entity

use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping as ORM;


/**
 *
 * @ORM\Table(name="user")
 * @ORM\Entity(repositoryClass="Acme/DemoBundle/Entity/UserRepository")
 */
class User 
{
...
}

User repository

namespace Acme/DemoBundle/Entity

use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping as ORM;

class UserRepository extends EntityRepository
{
...
}   

It is also true that with an array of ids, one can also do the following in a controller:

...
$em = $this->getDoctrine()->getManager();
$users = $em->getRepository("AcmeDemoBundle:User")->findAllById($idArray);
...

To iterate thru users in a controller, one can then use a foreach loop as in:

foreach ($users as $user) {
//each user is an array
...
$id = $user['id'];
...
}

or in a template:

{% for user in users %}
...
{{ user.firstName }}
...
{% endfor %}