⚡ routine deletion

src/Controller/DefaultController.php

@@ -151,6 +151,42 @@ class DefaultController extends AbstractController {
 			200 );
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Delete all expired polls and their children
+	 * @Get(
+	 *     path = "/clean-polls",
+	 *     name = "clean_expired_polls",
+	 * )
+	 */
+	public function cleanExpiredPolls() {
+		$em     = $this->getDoctrine()->getManager();
+		$emPoll = $this->getDoctrine()->getRepository( Poll::class );
+
+		$queryFind   = $em->createQuery(
+			'SELECT p
+            FROM App\Entity\Poll p
+            WHERE p.expiracyDate < CURRENT_DATE()'
+		);
+		$queryDelete = $em->createQuery(
+			'DELETE
+            FROM App\Entity\Poll p
+            WHERE p.expiracyDate < CURRENT_DATE()'
+		);
+
+		$foundPolls = $queryFind->getResult();
+		var_dump( count( $foundPolls ) );
+
+		$em->flush();
+
+		return $this->json( [
+			'message' => 'clean routine has been done, here are the numbers of polls deleted: ' . count( $foundPolls ),
+			'data'    => [
+				'count' => count( $foundPolls ),
+			],
+		],
+			200 );
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * @Put(
 	 *     path = "/poll/{id}",

src/Entity/Owner.php

@@ -30,18 +30,18 @@ class Owner {
 	 */
 	private $email;
 	/**
-	 * @ORM\OneToMany(targetEntity="App\Entity\Poll", mappedBy="owner",cascade={"persist","remove"})
+	 * @ORM\OneToMany(targetEntity="App\Entity\Poll", mappedBy="owner",cascade={"persist","remove"},orphanRemoval=true)
 	 * @Serializer\Type("App\Entity\Poll")
 	 */
 	private $polls;
 
 	/**
-	 * @ORM\OneToMany(targetEntity="App\Entity\Comment", mappedBy="owner", cascade={"persist","remove"})
+	 * @ORM\OneToMany(targetEntity="App\Entity\Comment", mappedBy="owner", cascade={"persist","remove"},orphanRemoval=true)
 	 */
 	private $comments;
 
 	/**
-	 * @ORM\OneToMany(targetEntity="App\Entity\StackOfVotes", mappedBy="owner", cascade={"persist","remove"})
+	 * @ORM\OneToMany(targetEntity="App\Entity\StackOfVotes", mappedBy="owner", cascade={"persist","remove"},orphanRemoval=true)
 	 */
 	private $stackOfVotes;
 

src/Entity/Poll.php

@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ class Poll {
 	 */
 	public $choices;
 	/**
-	 * @ORM\OneToMany(targetEntity="App\Entity\Comment", mappedBy="poll")
+	 * @ORM\OneToMany(targetEntity="App\Entity\Comment", mappedBy="poll", orphanRemoval=true,cascade={"persist", "remove"})
 	 * @Serializer\Type("App\Entity\Comment")
 	 */
 	public $comments;