_schemaTool->createSchema(array( $this->_em->getClassMetadata(__NAMESPACE__ . '\PersistentCollectionHolder'), $this->_em->getClassMetadata(__NAMESPACE__ . '\PersistentCollectionContent'), )); } catch (\Exception $e) { } } public function testPersist() { $collectionHolder = new PersistentCollectionHolder(); $content = new PersistentCollectionContent('first element'); $collectionHolder->addElement($content); $this->_em->persist($collectionHolder); $this->_em->flush(); $this->_em->clear(); $collectionHolder = $this->_em->find(__NAMESPACE__ . '\PersistentCollectionHolder', $collectionHolder->id); $collectionHolder->getCollection(); $content = new PersistentCollectionContent('second element'); $collectionHolder->addElement($content); $this->assertEquals(2, $collectionHolder->getCollection()->count()); } } /** * @Entity */ class PersistentCollectionHolder { /** * @Id @Column(type="integer") @GeneratedValue * @var int */ public $id; /** * @var \Doctrine\Common\Collections\Collection * @ManyToMany(targetEntity="PersistentCollectionContent", cascade={"all"}) * @JoinTable(name="pcholder_content_mm") */ public $collection; public function __construct() { $this->collection = new \Doctrine\Common\Collections\ArrayCollection(); } /** * @param PersistentCollectionContent $element */ public function addElement(PersistentCollectionContent $element) { $this->collection->add($element); } /** * @return \Doctrine\Common\Collections\Collection */ public function getCollection() { return clone $this->collection; } } /** * @Entity */ class PersistentCollectionContent { /** * @Id @Column(type="integer") @GeneratedValue * @var int */ public $id; }