php - Symfony 2 - Multiple entities with one form -

i've got following tables relationships:

• useraddress table (holds basic information address)
• useraddressfields table (holds value each field associated address)
• useraddressfieldstranslation table (holds field ids)
• userstates table (holds values of states in , abbreviations)

useraddress has 2 foreign keys:

• profile_id -> useraccounts.id
• state_id -> userstates.id

useraddressfields has 1 foreign key:

• address_id -> useraddress.id

i've created entities 4 of these tables (getters , setters have been removed save space, generated via console):

useraddress.php

<?php namespace scwdesignsbundle\entity;  use doctrine\orm\mapping orm; use scwdesignsbundle\entity\userstates; use usersbundle\entity\user;  /**  * @orm\entity(repositoryclass="scwdesignsbundle\entity\repository\ useraddressesrepository")  * @orm\table(name="user_addresses")  */ class useraddresses {     /**      * @orm\id      * @orm\column(type="integer")      * @orm\generatedvalue(strategy="auto")      */     protected $id;      /**      * @orm\manytoone(targetentity="usersbundle\entity\user")      * @orm\joincolumn(name="profile_id", referencedcolumnname="id")      */     protected $profile_id;      /**      * @orm\manytoone(targetentity="userstates")      * @orm\joincolumn(name="state_id", referencedcolumnname="id")      */     protected $state_id;      /**      * @orm\column(type="boolean")      */     protected $isbilling;      /**      * @orm\column(type="boolean")      */     protected $isshipping;      /**      * @orm\column(type="string", columndefinition="char(1)")      */     protected $addresstype; 

useraddressfieldstranslation.php

<?php namespace scwdesignsbundle\entity;  use doctrine\orm\mapping orm; use scwdesignsbundle\entity\useraddressfields; use usersbundle\entity\user;  /**  * @orm\entity(repositoryclass="scwdesignsbundle\entity\repository\useraddressfieldstranslationrepository")  * @orm\table(name="user_address_fields_translation")  */ class useraddressfieldstranslation {     /**      * @orm\id      * @orm\column(type="integer")      * @orm\generatedvalue(strategy="auto")      */     protected $id;      /**      * @orm\column(type="string", columndefinition="varchar(255) not null")      */     protected $name; 

userstates.php

<?php namespace scwdesignsbundle\entity;  use doctrine\orm\mapping orm;  /**  * @orm\entity(repositoryclass="scwdesignsbundle\entity\repository\statesrepository")  * @orm\table(name="user_states")  */ class userstates {     /**      * @orm\id      * @orm\column(type="integer")      * @orm\generatedvalue(strategy="auto")      */     protected $id;      /**      * @orm\column(type="string", columndefinition="char(2)")      */     protected $country_code;      /**      * @orm\column(type="string", columndefinition="varchar(64)")      */     protected $state; 

i have 2 form types, useraddressformtype , useraddressfieldsformtype.

useraddressformtype

<?php namespace scwdesignsbundle\form\type;  use symfony\component\form\abstracttype; use symfony\component\form\formbuilderinterface; use symfony\component\optionsresolver\optionsresolverinterface;  class useraddressformtype extends abstracttype {     public function buildform(formbuilderinterface $builder, array $options) {         $builder             ->add('profile_id', null, array('label' => 'profile id'))             ->add('state_id', null, array('label' => 'state id'))             ->add('isbilling', null, array('label' => 'billing address'))             ->add('isshipping', null, array('label' => 'shipping address'))             ->add('addresstype', null, array('label' => 'address type'))             ->add('addressfields', new useraddressfieldsformtype());     }      public function setdefaultoptions(optionsresolverinterface $resolver) {         $resolver->setdefaults(array(             'data_class' => 'scwdesignsbundle\entity\useraddresses'         ));     }      public function getname() {         return 'useraddressformtype';     } } 

useraddressfieldsformtype.php

<?php namespace scwdesignsbundle\form\type;  use symfony\component\form\abstracttype; use symfony\component\form\formbuilderinterface; use symfony\component\optionsresolver\optionsresolverinterface;  class useraddressfieldsformtype extends abstracttype {     public function buildform(formbuilderinterface $builder, array $options) {         $builder             ->add('address_id', null, array('label' => 'address field'))             ->add('address_field_id', null, array('label' => 'address field id'))             ->add('value', null, array('label' => 'value'));     }      public function setdefaultoptions(optionsresolverinterface $resolver) {         $resolver->setdefaults(array(             'data_class' => 'scwdesignsbundle\entity\useraddressfields'         ));     }      public function getname() {         return 'useraddressfieldsformtype';     } } 

in controller basic form call. profilecontroller.php

<?php namespace scwdesignsbundle\controller;  use symfony\bundle\frameworkbundle\controller\controller; use symfony\component\httpfoundation\response; use scwdesignsbundle\entity\useraddresses; use scwdesignsbundle\form\type\useraddressformtype; use scwdesignsbundle\form\type\useraddressfieldsformtype;  class profilecontroller extends controller {     public function editaddressaction() {         $address = new useraddresses();         $form_address = $this->createform(new useraddressformtype(), $address);           $request = $this->getrequest();         if ($request->getmethod() == 'post') {             // perform action.              return $this->redirect($this->generateurl('fos_user_profile_show'));         }            return $this->render('scwdesignsbundle:profile:edit.html.twig', array(             'active_page' => 'profile',             'form_address' => $form_address->createview(),         ));     } } 

everywhere i've read correct means of adding entity form builder everytime this, or other variation i've ran across following error

neither property "addressfields" nor 1 of methods "getaddressfields()", "isaddressfields()", "hasaddressfields()", "__get()" exist , have public access in class "scwdesignsbundle\entity\useraddresses". 

so in first form set defaults this:

$resolver->setdefaults(array(    'data_class' => 'scwdesignsbundle\entity\useraddresses' )); 

so field add expected correspond field in entity. think geob right. need add mapping want, if want on class or make form independent of entity (so remove 'data_class' option defaults). add mapping consider following code onetomany relation:

 /**  * @orm\onetomany(targetentity="useraddressfields", mappedby="user_address", cascade={"persist", "remove"})  */ protected $addressfields;  public function addaddressfield($addressfield) {     $this->addressfields[] = $addressfield; }  public function removeaddressfield() {...}  public function getaddressfields() {...}  public function __construct() {     $this->addressfields = new arraycollection(); } 

and if combine nawfal's answer:

$builder->add('addressfields', 'collection', array('type' => new useraddressfieldsformtype())); 

it should work!