zend-mvc-plugin-identity

Plugin for retrieving the current authenticated identity within zend-mvc controllers

Installation

Install via composer:

$ composer require zendframework/zend-mvc-plugin-identity

If you are using the zend-component-installer, you're done!

If not, you will need to add the component as a module to your application. Add the entry 'Zend\Mvc\Plugin\Identity' to your list of modules in your application configuration (typically one of config/application.config.php or config/modules.config.php).

Usage

The Identity plugin allows retrieving the identity from the AuthenticationService.

For the Identity plugin to work, a Zend\Authentication\AuthenticationService or Zend\Authentication\AuthenticationServiceInterface name or alias must be defined and recognized by the ServiceManager.

Identity returns the identity in the AuthenticationService or null if no identity is available.

As an example:

public function testAction()
{
    if ($user = $this->identity()) {
         // someone is logged !
    } else {
         // not logged in
    }
}

When invoked, the Identity plugin will look for a service by the name or alias Zend\Authentication\AuthenticationService in the ServiceManager. You can provide this service to the ServiceManager in a configuration file:

// In a configuration file...
use Zend\Authentication\AuthenticationService;

return [
    'service_manager' => [
        'aliases' => [
            AuthenticationService::class => 'my_auth_service',
        ],
        'invokables' => [
            'my_auth_service' => AuthenticationService::class,
        ],
    ],
];

If such service is not found, the plugin will look for a service named Zend\Authentication\AuthenticationServiceInterface in the ServiceManager. For example:

use Zend\Authentication\AuthenticationServiceInterface;

return [
    'service_manager' => [
        'factories' => [
            AuthenticationServiceInterface::class => MyAuthenticationServiceFactory::class,
        ],
    ],
];

The Identity plugin exposes two methods:

• setAuthenticationService(AuthenticationServiceInterface $authenticationService) : void: Sets the authentication service instance to be used by the plugin.

• getAuthenticationService() : AuthenticationServiceInterface: Retrieves the current authentication service instance if any is attached.

Support

• Issues: github.com/zendframework/zend-mvc-plugin-identity/issues
• Source: github.com/zendframework/zend-mvc-plugin-identity
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