John Davidson

Message:

In one of the configuration files of Symfony 5.2.8 with Workflow 5.2.7 I have:

    framework:

        workflows: 

            register_participation:

                type: 'workflow' # or 'state_machine'

                audit_trail:

                    enabled: true

                marking_store:

                    type: 'multiple_state'

                    arguments: 

                        - complexState

               # [...]

When I execute bin/console I have error:

Unrecognized option "arguments" under framework.workflows.workflows.register_participation.marking_store". Available options are "property", "service", "type".

When I change the configuration to:

    framework:

        workflows: 

            register_participation:

                type: 'workflow' # or 'state_machine'

                audit_trail:

                    enabled: true

                marking_store:

                    type: 'multiple_state'

                    property: state

       #         [...]

I get the error:

The value "multiple_state" is not allowed for path framework.workflows.workflows.register_participation.marking_store.type". Permissible values: "method"

It works when I change to this:

        marking_store:

            type: 'method'

            property: main_state

Anybody have idea what can I do to works with multiple_state? Thanks in advance.

---

My Answer:
In Symfony, the workflow component allows you to define a set of states and transitions for an object, and then manage the object's state changes based on those transitions. Here is a basic workflow example in Symfony:

1. Define the workflow configuration in a YAML file:

yaml
framework:
workflows:
article:
type: 'workflow'
marking_store:
type: 'multiple_state'
supports:
- App\Entity\Article
places:
- draft
- review
- published
transitions:
submit:
from: 'draft'
to: 'review'
publish:
from: 'review'
to: 'published'


2. Create a workflow service in your Symfony application:

php
namespace App\Service;

use Symfony\Component\Workflow\WorkflowInterface;

class ArticleWorkflowService
{
private $workflow;

public function __construct(WorkflowInterface $workflow)
{
$this->workflow = $workflow;
}

public function submitArticle(Article $article)
{
if ($this->workflow->can($article, 'submit')) {
$this->workflow->apply($article, 'submit');
}
}

public function publishArticle(Article $article)
{
if ($this->workflow->can($article, 'publish')) {
$this->workflow->apply($article, 'publish');
}
}
}


3. Use the workflow service in your controller or other services:

php
namespace App\Controller;

use App\Entity\Article;
use App\Service\ArticleWorkflowService;
use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Controller\AbstractController;
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;

class ArticleController extends AbstractController
{
public function submit(Article $article, ArticleWorkflowService $workflowService): Response
{
$workflowService->submitArticle($article);

return $this->redirectToRoute('article_show', ['id' => $article->getId()]);
}

public function publish(Article $article, ArticleWorkflowService $workflowService): Response
{
$workflowService->publishArticle($article);

return $this->redirectToRoute('article_show', ['id' => $article->getId()]);
}
}


This is a basic example of how you can implement a workflow in Symfony using the workflow component. You can define more complex workflows with multiple states and transitions, as well as add guards and events to control the workflow behavior.