Programmatically logout current user

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I am trying to programmatically logout the current user from inside a listener. I read here that

$this->get('security.context')->setToken(null); $this->get('request')->getSession()->invalidate();

does the trick but then I can't call $this->container->get('security.context')->getToken()->getUser(); anymore as the token is now NULL.

How can I log out the user but still let the application run normally? I have calls to getUser() in my controller functions so I should set back the token to something corresponding to an non authenticated user. How can I do this?

Also, if there is a way to programmatically start a new session and set a flash message to inform the user he has been logged out, it would be awesome.

Dude. You're logged out now. How do you want to have user again from session? I see in your question some logical paradox. — Max Małecki
– Max Małecki, Commented Nov 29, 2012 at 8:54
I don't want to get the User, I want to be able to call the getUser() method without having a 500 internal error. When an unregistered user is using the website, I can call the getUser() because getToken() actually returns a valid token. After I set the token to NULL when programmatically logging the user off, my code is broken. — fkoessler
– fkoessler, Commented Nov 30, 2012 at 0:12
Why not do whatever it is you want to do with the user and then at the end of your function you kill the token/session to log them out? — lifo
– lifo, Commented Dec 6, 2012 at 13:10

topaz1008 · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-16 22:05:05Z

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Try

$anonToken = new AnonymousToken('theTokensKey', 'anon.', array()); $this->get('security.context')->setToken($anonToken);

first parameter is the token's key (i.e. '50cdf89882454')

answered Dec 16, 2012 at 22:05

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Mike Doe Over a year ago

Now its security.token_storage if anyone's interested.

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