interface UserLoaderInterface

Represents a class that loads UserInterface objects from Doctrine source for the authentication system.

This interface is meant to facilitate the loading of a User from Doctrine source using a custom method. If you want to implement your own logic of retrieving the user from Doctrine your repository should implement this interface.

Methods

UserInterface|null
loadUserByIdentifier(string$identifier)

Loads the user for the given user identifier (e.g. username or email).

Details

UserInterface|null loadUserByIdentifier(string$identifier)

Loads the user for the given user identifier (e.g. username or email).

This method must return null if the user is not found.

Parameters

string $identifier

Return Value

UserInterface|null