Call to a member function format() on string symfony 3.4 - string

Question

I'm trying to register a new appointment in my database, after sending an email, but it shows me an error: Call to a member function format() on string,
in vendor\doctrine\dbal\lib\Doctrine\DBAL\Types\DateTimeType.php
,
because in the booking entity, there is the date and time I need to register which are datetime types.
Here is the booking entity :
<?php
namespace Doctix\FrontBundle\Entity;
use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping as ORM;
/**
* Booking
*
* #ORM\Table(name="booking")
*
class Booking
{
/**
* #var int
*
* #ORM\Column(name="id", type="integer")
* #ORM\Id
* #ORM\GeneratedValue(strategy="AUTO")
*/
private $id;
/**
* #var \DateTime
*
*#ORM\Column(name="date_rdv", type="datetime", nullable=true)
*/
private $dateRdv;
/**
* #var \DateTime
*
*#ORM\Column(name="heure_rdv", type="datetime", nullable=true)
*/
private $heureRdv;
/**
* #var bool
*
*#ORM\Column(name="valider_rdv", type="boolean", nullable=true)
*/
private $validerRdv;
/**
* #ORM\ManyToOne(targetEntity="Doctix\MedecinBundle\Entity\Medecin")
* #ORM\JoinColumn(nullable=true)
*/
private $medecin;
/**
* #ORM\ManyToOne(targetEntity="Doctix\PatientBundle\Entity\Patient")
* #ORM\JoinColumn(nullable=true)
*/
private $patient;
/**
* Get id
*
* #return int
*/
public function getId()
{
return $this->id;
}
/**
* Set dateRdv
*
* #param \DateTime $dateRdv
*
* #return Booking
*/
public function setDateRdv($dateRdv)
{
$this->dateRdv = $dateRdv;
return $this;
}
/**
* Get dateRdv
*
* #return \DateTime
*/
public function getDateRdv()
{
return $this->dateRdv;
}
/**
* Set heureRdv
*
* #param \DateTime $heureRdv
*
* #return Booking
*/
public function setHeureRdv($heureRdv)
{
$this->heureRdv = $heureRdv;
return $this;
}
/**
* Get heureRdv
*
* #return \DateTime
*/
public function getHeureRdv()
{
return $this->heureRdv;
}
/**
* Set validerRdv
*
* #param boolean $validerRdv
*
* #return Booking
*/
public function setValiderRdv($validerRdv)
{
$this->validerRdv = $validerRdv;
return $this;
}
/**
* Get validerRdv
*
* #return bool
*/
public function getValiderRdv()
{
return $this->validerRdv;
}
/**
* Set medecin
*
* #param \Doctix\MedecinBundle\Entity\Medecin $medecin
* #return Booking
*/
public function setMedecin(\Doctix\MedecinBundle\Entity\Medecin $medecin)
{
$this->medecin = $medecin;
return $this;
}
/**
* Get medecin
*
* #return \Doctix\MedecinBundle\Entity\Medecin
*/
public function getMedecin()
{
return $this->medecin;
}
/**
* Set patient
*
* #param \Doctix\PatientBundle\Entity\Patient $patient
* #return Booking
*/
public function setPatient(\Doctix\PatientBundle\Entity\Patient $patient)
{
$this->patient = $patient;
return $this;
}
/**
* Get patient
*
* #return \Doctix\PatientBundle\Entity\Patient
*/
public function getPatient()
{
return $this->patient;
}
}
Here is the controller:
public function patientHandleBookingAction(Request $request){
$id = $request->query->get('id');
$date = $request->query->get('date');
$time = $request->query->get('time');
// $user = $this->getUser();
$em = $this->getDoctrine()->getManager();
$repoPatient = $em->getRepository('DoctixPatientBundle:Patient');
$patient = $repoPatient->findOneBy(array(
'user' => $this->getUser()
));
$repoMedecin = $em->getRepository('DoctixMedecinBundle:Medecin');
$medecin = $repoMedecin->findOneBy(array(
'id' => $request->query->get("idMedecin")));
$mailer = $this->get('mailer');
$message = (new \Swift_Message('Email de Confirmaton'))
->setFrom("medmamtest#gmail.com")
->setTo($patient->getUser()->getUsername())
->setBody(
$this->renderView(
// app/Resources/views/Emails/registration.html.twig
'Emails/registration.html.twig',
array('name' => 'mam')
),
'text/html'
);
$mailer->send($message);
if($mailer){
$booking = new Booking();
$booking->setMedecin($medecin);
$booking->setPatient($patient);
$booking->setDateRdv('date');
$booking->setHeureRdv('time');
$booking->setValiderRdv(0);
}
$em->persist($booking);
$em->flush();
// A remplacer par un contenu plus approprié
return $this->render('DoctixPatientBundle:Patient:confirm.html.twig',array(
'time' => $request->query->get("time"),
'date' => $request->query->get("date"),
'medecin' => $medecin,
'patient' => $patient,
// 'date' => $date,
// 'time' => $time
));
}
Thanks

Answer 1

This error is happening because you are trying to set the date and time as strings on your booking entity.
$booking->setDateRdv('date');
$booking->setHeureRdv('time');
Try to change it to:
$booking->setDateRdv(new \DateTime($date));
$booking->setHeureRdv(new \DateTime($time));