public function Cookie::authenticate in Drupal 8

Same name and namespace in other branches

1. 9 core/modules/user/src/Authentication/Provider/Cookie.php \Drupal\user\Authentication\Provider\Cookie::authenticate()
2. 10 core/modules/user/src/Authentication/Provider/Cookie.php \Drupal\user\Authentication\Provider\Cookie::authenticate()

Authenticates the user.

Parameters

\Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request|null $request: The request object.

Return value

\Drupal\Core\Session\AccountInterface|null AccountInterface - in case of a successful authentication. NULL - in case where authentication failed.

Overrides AuthenticationProviderInterface::authenticate

File

core/modules/user/src/Authentication/Provider/Cookie.php, line 55

Class

Cookie

Cookie based authentication provider.

Namespace

Drupal\user\Authentication\Provider

Code

public function authenticate(Request $request) {
  return $this
    ->getUserFromSession($request
    ->getSession());
}