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<?php

use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping as ORM;
    
/**
 * @ORM\Table(name="item_archive")
 */
class ItemArchive
{

}

<?php

use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping as ORM,
    Doctrine\ORM\Event\LifecycleEventArgs;
    
/**
 * @ORM\Table(name="item")
 * @ORM\HasLifecycleCallbacks
 */
class Item
{

  //
  // Getters & setters here
  //
  
  /**
   * Returns an instance of ItemArchive with all class properties copied. 
   * @param Item $item - the Item to copy properties from 
   * @return ItemArchive
   */
  protected static function createArchive(Item $item)
  {
    $archive = new ItemArchive();
    foreach (get_object_vars($item) as $key => $value) {
      $setter = 'set' . ucfirst($key);
      if (is_callable([$archive, $setter])) {
        $archive->$setter($value);
      }
    }

    return $archive;
  }

  /**
   * @ORM\PreRemove
   * Will be invoked when EntityManager::remove is called, 
   * to persist a copy of the Entity in the archive table. 
   */
  public function onPreRemove(LifecycleEventArgs $eventArgs)
  {
    $archive = self::createArchive($this);
    $eventArgs->getEntityManager()->persist($archive);
  } 
}