Symfony2: Inject current user in Service

Question

I am trying to inject the currently logged in user into a service. My goal is to extend some twig functionality to output it based on user preferences. In this example I wan

Answer 1

The user is a bad candidate to be a service.

• First it is a model not a service
• Second there is service security.context where you can get user from.

In a twig template you can use app.user. See symfony doc global-template-variables. If you want to show something based on user permissions you can do {{ is_granted('ROLE_USER') }}.

Answer 2

I think that this question deserves an updated answer since 2.6.x+ since the new security component improvements.

use Symfony\Component\Security\Core\Authentication\Token\Storage\TokenStorage;

class UserDateExtension extends \Twig_Extension
{
    /**
     * @var TokenStorage
     */
    protected $tokenStorage;


    /**
     * @param \Symfony\Component\Security\Core\Authentication\Token\Storage\TokenStorage    $tokenStorage
     */
    public function __construct(TokenStorage $tokenStorage)
    {
        $this->tokenStorage = $tokenStorage;
    }

    public function getUser()
    {
        return $this->tokenStorage->getToken()->getUser();
    }

    public function getFilters()
    {
        return array(
            'user_date' => new \Twig_Filter_Method($this, "formatUserDate"),
        );
    }

    public function formatUserDate($date, $format)
    {
        $user = $this->getUser();
        // do stuff
    }
}

Services.yml

twig.date_extension:
    class: Acme\Twig\SpecialDateExtension
    tags:
        - { name: twig.extension }
    arguments:
        - "@security.token_storage"

Answer 3

From Symfony 2.6.

You need use @security.token_storage

use Symfony\Component\Security\Core\Authentication\Token\Storage\TokenStorageInterface;

class UserDateExtension extends \Twig_Extension
{
/**
 * @var TokenStorageInterface
 */
protected $tokenStorage;


/**
 * @param $tokenStorage TokenStorage
 */
public function __construct(TokenStorage $tokenStorage)
{
    $this->tokenStorage = $tokenStorage;
}

public function getUser()
{
    return $this->tokenStorage->getToken()->getUser();
}

public function getFilters()
{
    return array(
        'user_date' => new \Twig_Filter_Method($this, "formatUserDate"),
    );
}

public function formatUserDate($date, $format)
{
    $user = $this->getUser();
    // do stuff
}

}

And Services.yml

twig.date_extension:
    class: Acme\Twig\SpecialDateExtension
    tags:
        - { name: twig.extension }
    arguments: ["@security.token_storage"]

reference: http://symfony.com/blog/new-in-symfony-2-6-security-component-improvements

Answer 4

I would use a twig extension for that:

class UserDateExtension extends \Twig_Extension
{
    private $context;

    public function __construct(SecurityContext $context)
    {
        $this->context = $context;
    }

    public function getUser()
    {
        return $this->context->getToken()->getUser();
    }

    public function getFilters()
    {
        return array(
            'user_date' => new \Twig_Filter_Method($this, "formatUserDate"),
        );
    }

    public function formatUserDate($date, $format)
    {
        $user = $this->getUser();
        // do stuff
    }

Now in services.xml

    <service id="user_date_twig_extension" class="%user_date_twig_extension.class%">
        <tag name="twig.extension" />
        <argument type="service" id="security.context" />
    </service>

Then in twig you could do:

{{ date | user_date('d/m/Y') }}

Answer 5

services.yml

my_service:
    class: ...
    arguments:
        - "@=service('security.token_storage').getToken().getUser()"

Service.php

protected $currentUser;

public function __construct($user)
{
    $this->currentUser = $user;
}

http://symfony.com/doc/current/book/service_container.html#using-the-expression-language

Answer 6

You can try injecting @service_container and do $this->container->get('security.context')->getToken()->getUser();.