Symfony 2 loading Doctrine DataFixtures in PHPunit

DoctrineDataFixturesLoadingTest.php

<?php

namespace UserBundle\Tests\Service;

use Doctrine\Common\DataFixtures\Executor\ORMExecutor;
use Doctrine\Common\DataFixtures\Loader as ORMLoader;
use Doctrine\Common\DataFixtures\Purger\ORMPurger;
use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Test\KernelTestCase;
use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Container;

class DoctrineDataFixturesLoading extends KernelTestCase
{
    /**
     * @var Container
     */
    private $container;

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    public function setUp()
    {
        self::bootKernel();
        $this->container = static::$kernel->getContainer();

        // Load data fixtures
        $em = $this->container->get('doctrine')->getManager();
        $loader = new ORMLoader();
        $loader->loadFromDirectory('src/AppBundle/DataFixtures/ORM/');
        $purger = new ORMPurger($em);
        $executor = new ORMExecutor($em, $purger);
        $executor->execute($loader->getFixtures());
    }
    
    // Do some tests
}