Cookie::authenticate

public Cookie::authenticate(Request $request)

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());
}