function UserAuthInterface::authenticate

Same name in other branches
  1. 9 core/modules/user/src/UserAuthInterface.php \Drupal\user\UserAuthInterface::authenticate()
  2. 8.9.x core/modules/user/src/UserAuthInterface.php \Drupal\user\UserAuthInterface::authenticate()
  3. 11.x core/modules/user/src/UserAuthInterface.php \Drupal\user\UserAuthInterface::authenticate()

Validates user authentication credentials.

Parameters

string $username: The user name to authenticate.

string $password: A plain-text password, such as trimmed text from form values.

Return value

int|bool The user's uid on success, or FALSE on failure to authenticate.

File

core/modules/user/src/UserAuthInterface.php, line 21

Class

UserAuthInterface
An interface for validating user authentication credentials.

Namespace

Drupal\user

Code

public function authenticate($username, $password);

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