Fixtures

Fixtures are used to seed the database with initial values and should only be executed ONCE each, after migrating the database.

Seeding the database is done with the help of our custom package dotkernel/dot-data-fixtures built on top of doctrine/data-fixtures. See below on how to use our CLI command for listing and executing Doctrine data fixtures.

Working with fixtures

You can find an example of a fixtures class in data/doctrine/fixtures/RoleLoader.php.

To list all the available fixtures by order of execution run:

php bin/doctrine fixtures:list

To execute all fixtures run:

php bin/doctrine fixtures:execute

To execute a specific fixture, use its class name, like in this example:

php bin/doctrine fixtures:execute --class=RoleLoader

Fixtures can and should be ordered to ensure database consistency. More on ordering fixtures can be found here : https://www.doctrine-project.org/projects/doctrine-data-fixtures/en/latest/how-to/fixture-ordering.html#fixture-ordering