On using the $current variable with nelmio/alice
Published on 2021-07-10 • Modified on 2021-07-10
In this snippet, we see how to use the $current variable with the nelmio/alice fixtures library. $current is one the most helpful variable as it stores the index declared in the fixture item being processed; for example, organization_dummy_{4}. In this case, $current evaluates to four. I put several examples with dummy corporations I create when loading this blog's fixtures; you have below the actual output for the name field 😉.
App\Entity\Organization:
organization_strangebuzz:
name: Strangebuzz
logo: '@image_object_strangebuzz'
organization_dummy_{2}: # explicit usage of the identity provider
name: Dummy Corp <identity($current + 2021)>
organization_dummy_{3}: # implicit usage of the identity provider
name: Dummy Corp <($current + 2000)>
organization_dummy_{4}: # direct usage of the $current variable
name: Dummy Corp $current
organization_dummy_{5}: # direct usage of the $current with simple quotes
name: 'Dummy Corp $current'
organization_dummy_{6}: # usage of current with its provider
name: Dummy Corp <current()>
organization_dummy_{7}: # usage of current variable combined with other valid PHP code
name: Dummy Corp <($current + random_int(2000, 2021))>
organization_dummy_{8}: # Current is escaped so it's not replaced by its value
name: Dummy Corp \$current
# Produces :
# 1: Strangebuzz
# 2: Dummy Corp 2023
# 3: Dummy Corp 2003
# 4: Dummy Corp 4
# 5: Dummy Corp 5
# 6: Dummy Corp 6
# 7: Dummy Corp 2019
# 8: Dummy Corp $current
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