How to encode a password in symfony 5?

by darrion.kuhn , in category: PHP Frameworks , 8 months ago

How to encode a password in symfony 5?

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Telegram Whatsapp

1 answer

Member

by jasen , 8 months ago

@darrion.kuhn 

In Symfony 5, you can encode a password using the built-in security component, specifically the PasswordEncoderInterface.


Here is an example of how to encode a password in Symfony 5:

  1. Inject the PasswordEncoderInterface service into your controller or service where you want to encode the password. You can do this using autowiring or by explicitly defining it as a dependency in your service configuration.
 1
 2
 3
 4
 5
 6
 7
 8
 9
10
11
12
13
14
15
// src/Controller/YourController.php

use SymfonyComponentSecurityCoreEncoderUserPasswordEncoderInterface;

class YourController extends AbstractController
{
    private $passwordEncoder;

    public function __construct(UserPasswordEncoderInterface $passwordEncoder)
    {
        $this->passwordEncoder = $passwordEncoder;
    }

    // ...
}


  1. Use the encodePassword() method of the PasswordEncoderInterface to encode the password.
1
2
3
4
5
6
public function encodePassword($password)
{
    $encodedPassword = $this->passwordEncoder->encodePassword($user, $password);

    // ...
}


You can now use the $encodedPassword to store in your database or use it for validation.


Note: In order to use the PasswordEncoderInterface, you need to have the security component installed and configured in your Symfony application.