Same name in other branches

1. 9 core/lib/Drupal/Core/Authentication/AuthenticationProviderInterface.php \Drupal\Core\Authentication\AuthenticationProviderInterface::authenticate()
2. 8.9.x core/lib/Drupal/Core/Authentication/AuthenticationProviderInterface.php \Drupal\Core\Authentication\AuthenticationProviderInterface::authenticate()
3. 10 core/lib/Drupal/Core/Authentication/AuthenticationProviderInterface.php \Drupal\Core\Authentication\AuthenticationProviderInterface::authenticate()

Authenticates the user.

Parameters

\Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request|null $request: The request object.

Return value

\Drupal\Core\Session\AccountInterface|null AccountInterface - in case of a successful authentication. NULL - in case where authentication failed.

7 methods override AuthenticationProviderInterface::authenticate()

Auth::authenticate in core/modules/locale/tests/modules/early_translation_test/src/Auth.php

AuthenticationManager::authenticate in core/lib/Drupal/Core/Authentication/AuthenticationManager.php

BasicAuth::authenticate in core/modules/basic_auth/src/Authentication/Provider/BasicAuth.php

Cookie::authenticate in core/modules/user/src/Authentication/Provider/Cookie.php

TestAuth::authenticate in core/modules/rest/tests/modules/rest_test/src/Authentication/Provider/TestAuth.php

... See full list

File

core/lib/Drupal/Core/Authentication/AuthenticationProviderInterface.php, line 34

Class

AuthenticationProviderInterface

Interface for authentication providers.

Namespace

Drupal\Core\Authentication

Code

public function authenticate(Request $request);

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