Symfony2 modify global user reference?

Question

I have functions setAttribute($key, $value) and getAttribute($key, $default) in my User class. When the user is authenticated I want to set several attributes to be set that will be used later in various controllers.

I tried setting the attributes in my success handler function:

public function onAuthenticationSuccess(Request $request, TokenInterface $token)
{
      $token->getUser()->setAttribute("user_data_set", 1);
 }

But when I tried calling it in my controller the value has not been set

public function indexAction(Request $request) {

    //Get the logged in user
    $user = $this->getUser(); 
    //Entity Manager
    $em = $this->getDoctrine()->getManager();

    // this page is just used as the starting point to redirect the user to the appropriate page
    if($user->getAttribute("user_data_set", 0) == 1)
    {
        //Get Symfony1 route from the user data table
        $old_homepage = $user->getAttribute("user_homepage", "@default_homepage");
        //Convert route to Symfony2 format
        $new_homepage = $this->setForwardingAddress($old_homepage);

        return $this->redirect($this->generateUrl($new_homepage));
    }
    else
    {
        return $this->redirect('login');
    }        


}

How can I modify the global user instead of a local reference?

Answer 1

You obviously want cross-request solution so you'll need to use DB or session .

For example:

// Injecting Session service
public function __construct(Session $session){
    $this->session = $session
}

public function onAuthenticationSuccess(Request $request, TokenInterface $token)
{
    $this->session->set('user_data_set', 1);
}

And then in your controller:

$foo = $session->get('user_data_set');

Is this what you wanted?