CancelReason::CANCELEDBY_USER], ['name' => CancelReason::CANCELEDBY_PERSON], ['name' => CancelReason::CANCELEDBY_DONOTCOUNT], ]; foreach ($arr as $a) { print "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(); } }