public function UserAuth::authenticate in Drupal 8
Same name and namespace in other branches
- 9 core/modules/user/src/UserAuth.php \Drupal\user\UserAuth::authenticate()
- 10 core/modules/user/src/UserAuth.php \Drupal\user\UserAuth::authenticate()
Validates user authentication credentials.
Parameters
string $username: The user name to authenticate.
string $password: A plain-text password, such as trimmed text from form values.
Return value
int|bool The user's uid on success, or FALSE on failure to authenticate.
Overrides UserAuthInterface::authenticate
File
- core/modules/ user/ src/ UserAuth.php, line 50 
Class
- UserAuth
- Validates user authentication credentials.
Namespace
Drupal\userCode
public function authenticate($username, $password) {
  $uid = FALSE;
  if (!empty($username) && strlen($password) > 0) {
    $account_search = $this->entityTypeManager
      ->getStorage('user')
      ->loadByProperties([
      'name' => $username,
    ]);
    if ($account = reset($account_search)) {
      if ($this->passwordChecker
        ->check($password, $account
        ->getPassword())) {
        // Successful authentication.
        $uid = $account
          ->id();
        // Update user to new password scheme if needed.
        if ($this->passwordChecker
          ->needsRehash($account
          ->getPassword())) {
          $account
            ->setPassword($password);
          $account
            ->save();
        }
      }
    }
  }
  return $uid;
}