Taking a GET req into a method and persisting a new obj to a db using the Doctrine ORM and annotations in PHP

create.ex.php

<?php
/*
 * Example of taking a GET req into a method and persisting a new obj to a db
 * using the Doctrine ORM and annotations in PHP
 */
 
 // ... ... ...
 // Controller class declaration and misc logic
 // ... ... ...
 
    /**
     * @Route("/create")
     */
    public function createAction(){

        // get req to grab short name
        $req = new Request();
        $slug = $req->get('slug');
        
        // timestamp
        $now = date('Y-m-d_H.i.s');
        
        // create new Job obj
        $job = new Job();
        
        // set jobId
        $job->setJobId($slug.$now);

        // persist
        $em = $this->getDoctrine()->getManager();
        $em->persist($job);
        $em->flush();

        return new Response('Created a new Job with short name'.$slug.' and jobId '.$slug.$now);
    }