symfony - Symfony2: Access the container in the repository

Question

I'm trying to show an user oriented choice list in a form and I don't manage to access to the container to get the current User.

I don't see how to get it in the Repository neither than in the Type.

Any Idea?

Answer 1

Let say you created a FormType class. You don't know how to pass the container in this object.

Create now your own type extended from FormType and pass the container through the constructor

class MyType extends FormType
{
    private $container;

    public function __construct(ContainerInterface $container)
    {
        $this->container = $container;
    }
}

In your config.yml, define your new type

mytype:
  class: ...MyType
  arguments: ["@service_container"]
  tags:
      - { name: form.type }

Now, use MyType instead of FormType in all your controllers