How to Get The Current User in Controller in Symfony 6
In today's lesson, we are going to see how to get the current Logged in user in Symfony 6, it is useful when trying to check if the user is authenticated before accessing a method in your controller.
Get the current logged in user in Symfony 6
So to get the current Logged in user in Symfony 6 you can do it like this:
use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Controller\AbstractController;
class ProfileController extends AbstractController
{
public function index(): Response
{
// check if the user is authenticated first
$this->denyAccessUnlessGranted('IS_AUTHENTICATED_FULLY');
//return the current logged in user
/** @var \App\Entity\User $user */
$user = $this->getUser();
//redirect the user or display a message
return new Response('Well hi there '.$user->getFirstName());
}
}