php - Symfony2 functional tests + Doctrine fixtures: Changes to entity won't save after flushing in doctrine fixtures -

i've encountered problem while executing fixtures functional tests in symfony 2.6. in fixture have function creating base entity , flushing database. call function other functions change newly-created entity more elaborate (like setting relationships other entities) , flush again.

however, when check database, second flush makes no changes entity.

i've tried debugging , see unitofwork contains nothing scheduled insertion/update before second flush, although execute functions set....().

do have idea doing wrong?

here excerpt fixture:

class loadtestapplications extends abstractfixture implements orderedfixtureinterface {     const application_id_not_submitted_valid = 37;      public function load(objectmanager $manager)     {         //other lines ommitted          $this->loadnotsubmittedvalidapplication($manager);          //other lines ommited     }      private function loadnotsubmittedvalidapplication(objectmanager $manager)     {         $application = $this->createandgetfilledapplication($manager, self::application_id_not_submitted_valid,             'property-property-empty', 'group_installer', 'application-application-not-submitted-valid',             'person-default', 'person-default', 'person-default', 'person-default');          /** @var installer $installer */         $installer = $this->getreference('installer-installer1');          /** @var installercontractor $installercontractor */         $installercontractor = $this->getreference('installer-installer-contractor1');          $application->setinstaller($installer);         $installer->addapplication($application);          $application->setinstallercontractor($installercontractor);         $installercontractor->addapplication($application);          $manager->persist($installer);         $manager->persist($installercontractor);         $manager->persist($application);         $manager->flush(); // saves no changes     }      private function createandgetfilledapplication(objectmanager $manager, $applicationid, $propertyreference,        $acg, $referencename, $contactreference, $improverreference, $billpayerreference, $propertyownerreference)     {         $application = new application();         $application->setid($applicationid);          // lots of other set...() functions           // that's forcing our own id on entity, can force         // of entities loaded in fixture , id of         // entity stays same no matter how many other entities have         // been loaded before. crucial in our functional tests,         // can go e.g. http://..../application/15/show         /** @var classmetadata $metadata */         $metadata = $manager->getclassmetadata(get_class($application));         $metadata->setidgeneratortype(classmetadata::generator_type_none);          $manager->flush(); //this saves changes function          $this->addreference($referencename, $application);          return $application;     } } 

any appreciated, thank in advance!

okay, time me being stupid.

we've changed application - installercontractor relationship many-to-many (from one-to-many we've had previously), instead of using

setinstallercontractor() 

i had use

addinstallercontractor() 

thank's derstoffel help, try https://github.com/liip/liipfunctionaltestbundle!