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Introduction

0:44
02

Security Fundamentals

3:47
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Authorization with Access Control

2:08
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Creating a Login Form (Part 1)

4:46
05

Creating a Login Form (Part 2)

3:57
06

Logging Out and Cleaning Up

5:03
07

Twig Security and IS_AUTHENTICATED_FULLY

2:41
08

Denying Access: AccessDeniedException

4:23
09

Entity Security

4:32
10

Saving Users

3:37
11

Adding Dynamic Roles to each User

4:56
12

Repository Security

4:20
13

Doctrine’s QueryBuilder

2:25
14

The UserProvider: Custom Logic to Load Security Users

3:15
15

User Serialization

2:16
16

Registration Form

3:11
17

Form Rendering

4:38
18

Using More Fields: email and repeated

2:31
19

Handling Form Submissions

4:22
20

Form: Default Data

2:10
21

Cleaning up with a plainPassword Field

1:34
22

Using an External Form Type Class

2:40
23

Registration Validation

3:36
24

Server-Side Validation

4:18
25

Adding a Flash Message

1:35
26

Automatically Authenticating after Registration

0:55
27

Functional Testing

5:04
28

Testing Forms

3:21
29

Controlling Data / Fixtures in a Test

3:23
30

More about Container, the “doctrine” Service and the Entity Manager

1:54
31

After-dinner Mint

3:35
32

Security: Creating Roles and Role Hierarchies

2:50
33

Switching Users / Impersonation

1:09
34

Whitelisting: Securing all Pages, except a few

2:15
35

Accessing the User

1:09
36

Remember Me Functionality

1:44

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Daniel Larusso 8 years ago

Instead of keeping the roles in an json array, I would like to store them in an own role entity. I've tried it with an ManyToMany relation between User and Role entity. but if I try to login, symfony yells at me like "Type error: Argument 3 passed to Symfony\Component\Security\Guard\Token\PostAuthenticationGuardToken::__construct() must be of the type array, object given, called in /var/www/html/vendor/symfony/symfony/src/Symfony/Component/Security/Guard/AbstractGuardAuthenticator.php on line 38"

I don't know how I could handle this...

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weaverryan SFCASTS Daniel Larusso 8 years ago edited

Hey Daniel Larusso!

Ah, I know the problem :). When you finish authentication, the guard authenticator calls $user->getRoles() on your User object. This must return an array of roles. But with Doctrine, a relationship returns an ArrayCollection object. Here's what you should do:

A) Move your relationship to some other property - e.g. $roleObjects (I can't think of a better name). Obviously, also change your getter & setter to be getRoleObjects/setRoleObjects
B)Add a new getRoles() method that returns a true array:


public function getRoles()
{
    $roles = [];
    foreach ($this->roleObjects as $roleObject) {
        // I'm assuming your have a getName() method on your object, update as needed
        $roles[] = $roleObject->getName();
    }

    return $roles;
}

Cheers!

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Daniel Larusso weaverryan 8 years ago edited

Hey weaverryan it was super effective (add "super effective" pokémon meme here)
I moved the relationship to a new $roleCollection property. (also added add, get & remove method)

at least I've changed getRoles() to


/**
     * @return Role[]
     */
    public function getRoles()
    {
        $roles = array();
        foreach ($this->roleCollection as $role) {
             $roles[] = $role->getDescription();
         }

        return $roles;
    }

Thank you ryan :)

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weaverryan SFCASTS Daniel Larusso 8 years ago

Woohoo! So happy to hear it! And thanks for posting your final code here for others :). I'm just sad I didn't *actually* get a pokémon meme ;).

Cheers!

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Antoine-P 3 years ago edited

Hi, i got an issue with the tutorial,

When you insert into the User entity the following code :

/**
 * @ORM\Column(type="json_array")
 */
private $roles = array();

Doctrine can't let me update the database because it says :

[Doctrine\DBAL\DBALException]
Unknown column type json_array requested."

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sadikoff Antoine-P 3 years ago

Hey,

That is strange.. Probably you are trying to pass pretty old course on newer Doctrine version. For fast fixing use json type instead of json_array

Cheers!

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Max S. 8 years ago

Hey!
I wondered why setter-functions always end with a "return $this" statement and thus return the whole object again? $this->roles = $roles seems to be sufficient to set the property. Thanks in advance :)

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weaverryan SFCASTS Max S. 8 years ago edited

Yo Max!

Another great question! It's optional, but for chaining if you're into that sort of thing!


// if your setter methods return nothing (no return statement)
$user->setRoles(array('ROLE_ADMIN'));
$user->setEmail('foo@example.com');
$user->setFirstName('Max');

// if your setter methods return $this
$user->setRoles(array('ROLE_ADMIN'))
    ->setEmail('foo@example.com')
    ->setFirstName('Max');

So, it's for syntactic sugar! I don't typically do this, mostly because I don't often find myself calling many setters in a row like this. But that doesn't make it wrong - just a preference :).

Cheers!

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Max S. weaverryan 8 years ago

Wow, I never would have thought about this one :D Another amazing answer - thank you!!

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// composer.json
{
    "require": {
        "php": ">=5.3.3",
        "symfony/symfony": "~2.4", // v2.4.2
        "doctrine/orm": "~2.2,>=2.2.3", // v2.4.2
        "doctrine/doctrine-bundle": "~1.2", // v1.2.0
        "twig/extensions": "~1.0", // v1.0.1
        "symfony/assetic-bundle": "~2.3", // v2.3.0
        "symfony/swiftmailer-bundle": "~2.3", // v2.3.5
        "symfony/monolog-bundle": "~2.4", // v2.5.0
        "sensio/distribution-bundle": "~2.3", // v2.3.4
        "sensio/framework-extra-bundle": "~3.0", // v3.0.0
        "sensio/generator-bundle": "~2.3", // v2.3.4
        "incenteev/composer-parameter-handler": "~2.0", // v2.1.0
        "doctrine/doctrine-fixtures-bundle": "~2.2.0", // v2.2.0
        "ircmaxell/password-compat": "~1.0.3", // 1.0.3
        "phpunit/phpunit": "~4.1" // 4.1.0
    }
}

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