CancelReason::CANCELEDBY_USER], ['name' => CancelReason::CANCELEDBY_PERSON], ['name' => CancelReason::CANCELEDBY_DONOTCOUNT], ]; foreach ($arr as $a) { echo 'Creating calendar cancel reason : ' . $a['name'] . "\n"; $cancelReason = (new CancelReason()) ->setCanceledBy($a['name']) ->setActive(true); $manager->persist($cancelReason); $reference = 'CancelReason_' . $a['name']; $this->addReference($reference, $cancelReason); static::$references[] = $reference; } $manager->flush(); } }