function UserSession::getUsername

Returns the unaltered login name of this account.

Return value

string An unsanitized plain-text string with the name of this account that is used to log in. Only display this name to admins and to the user who owns this account, and only in the context of the name used to log in. For any other display purposes, use \Drupal\Core\Session\AccountInterface::getDisplayName() instead.

Overrides AccountInterface::getUsername

File

core/lib/Drupal/Core/Session/UserSession.php, line 157

Class

UserSession

An implementation of the user account interface for the global user.

Namespace

Code

public function getUsername() {
    @trigger_error('\\Drupal\\Core\\Session\\AccountInterface::getUsername() is deprecated in Drupal 8.0.0, will be removed before Drupal 9.0.0. Use \\Drupal\\Core\\Session\\AccountInterface::getAccountName() or \\Drupal\\user\\UserInterface::getDisplayName() instead. See https://www.drupal.org/node/2572493', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
    return $this->getAccountName();
}