How to logout in Symfony?

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by darion , in category: PHP Frameworks , 8 months ago

How to logout in Symfony?

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by jerad , 3 months ago

@darion 

In Symfony, you can log out a user by invalidating their session and removing their authentication token. Here's one way you can do it:

  1. Import the necessary classes at the top of your controller or service class:
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use SymfonyComponentSecurityCoreAuthenticationTokenStorageTokenStorageInterface;
use SymfonyComponentHttpFoundationRequestStack;
use SymfonyComponentHttpFoundationSessionSessionInterface;


  1. Inject the TokenStorageInterface, RequestStack, and SessionInterface services into your class constructor or method:
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public function __construct(TokenStorageInterface $tokenStorage, RequestStack $requestStack, SessionInterface $session)
{
    $this->tokenStorage = $tokenStorage;
    $this->requestStack = $requestStack;
    $this->session = $session;
}


  1. Create a method to log out the user:
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public function logout()
{
    // Get the current request
    $request = $this->requestStack->getCurrentRequest();

    // Invalidate the session
    $this->session->invalidate();

    // Remove the authentication token
    $this->tokenStorage->setToken(null);

    // Redirect the user to the login page
    return $this->redirectToRoute('login');
}


  1. In your route configuration, specify this method as the handler for the logout route:
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logout:
    path: /logout
    methods: [GET]
    controller: AppControllerSecurityController::logout


You can then trigger the logout process by directing the user to the logout route (e.g., by providing a link to it).


Keep in mind that this is just one way to implement a logout feature in Symfony. There are other approaches you can take, depending on your specific requirements.