Repository method found in Controller, but not in Command

Question

This only happens on my production server. On my dev box the command is working as expected.

When I call my method in a controller, I can access the custom repository methods just fine. e.g.:

$em = $this->getDoctrine()->getManager();

$myData = $em->getRepository('AcmeUserBundle:User')->customMethod();

When I request the same repository and method in my command, I get:

Undefined method 'customMethod'. The method name must start with either findBy or findOneBy!

That tells me it's not seeing the repository defined in my User entity.

Here is my command code:

<?php

namespace ACME\UserBundle\Command;

use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Command\ContainerAwareCommand;
use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputArgument;
use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputOption;
use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;

class myCommand extends ContainerAwareCommand {

    protected function configure()
    {
        $this->setName("user:getMyData");
    }

    protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
    {

        $logger = $this->getContainer()->get('logger');
        $logger->info('myCommand called');  
        // I'm also not getting this written to the logfile

        $em = $this->getContainer()->get("doctrine")->getManager();

        $myData = $em->getRepository('ACMEUserBundle:User')->customMethod();

        $output->writeln($myData);            

    }
}

How is retrieving the repository inside of a command different from a controller? I know to use ->getContainer(), but otherwise?

Since the logger isn't logging, is there a problem with getContainer()?

Answer 1

Looks like you have an incorrect service name for Doctrine's ORM.

Change your service name

$this->get('doctrine')

To

$this->get('doctrine.orm.default_entity_manager')

You must specify the correct service name for the ORM in order to access your repository methods as defined in your configuration. Those repositories are mounted to your ORM and not Doctrine itself.

Documentation on Custom Repositories