[TYPO3-english] Typo3 6.2 extbase repository object cloning not saving records properly

[Arun Chandran]

Hi Guys,

I've an event creating extension which contains an option to create events
for the users. This is implemented using extbase repository method. In the
event creation form I've a start date, end date and weekdays which the
events should be repeated.

For example if I set start date as 13-10-2015 and end date as 30-10-2015.
And selected the weekday as "Wednesday".So the event will repeated in all
"Wednesdays" between 13 and 30.

When I create a non-repeated event, it will work properly. But for the
recurring event, I've implemented the cloning method of extbase repository.

*if (!empty($endDateRecurring) && !empty($recurringWeekDays)) {
            $endDate = new \DateTime($endDateRecurring);
            $startDate = $newEvent->getDate();
            $startDate->setTime(0, 0);
            $datetimeDiff = $startDate->diff($endDate);

            for ( $event=1; $event <= $datetimeDiff->days; $event++ ) {
                $checkDate = $newEvent->getDate()->add(new
\DateInterval('P'.$event.'D'));
                $dayOfWeekNo = date('w',$checkDate->getTimestamp());

                if ( in_array( $dayOfWeekNo, $recurringWeekDays ) ) {

                    $eventProperties =
\TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Reflection\ObjectAccess::getGettableProperties(
$newEvent );

\TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Reflection\ObjectAccess::setProperty( $eventProperties,
'date', $eventProperties['date']->add(new \DateInterval('P1D') ) );

                    $eventCopy =
$this->objectManager->create('\TYPO3\EventCreate\Domain\Model\Event');

                    foreach ( $eventProperties as $propertyName =>
$propertyValue ) {
                        if
(\TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Reflection\ObjectAccess::isPropertySettable($eventCopy,
                            $propertyName) && !in_array($propertyName,
array('uid','pid'))) {
                                $propertyValue =
\TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Reflection\ObjectAccess::getProperty( $newEvent,
$propertyName );

\TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Reflection\ObjectAccess::setProperty( $eventCopy,
$propertyName, $propertyValue );
                            }
                    }
                    //TODO: cloning doesn't work because the id is already
set and it thus doesn't add a new object to the repository.
                    //either create a new object and copy all content
properties, or find another way to add more events to the db for recurring
days.
                    $this->eventRepository->add($eventCopy);

$this->objectManger->get('Tx_Extbase_Persistence_Manager')->persistAll();
                }
            }
        }*

Here $recurringWeekDays is an array which contains selected repeated
weekday id ( For Monday-1, Tuesday-2 like this ).

Issue is when there is any number of days to be inserted, then only one
record inserted to the database. In the above example 3 Wednesdays between
13th and 30th October. But only one record inserted.

If anybody knows the solution, please help.

Thanks,
Arun Chandran