How do I check for user role in symfony2 for urls not falling under patterns defined security.yml?

Question

I have a admin panel and I have defined a role for it ROLE_ADMIN. In my security.yml file I am using a pattern ^/admin/* so every thing under /admin requires ROLE_ADMIN. Now in frontend of my app I need to check user role and if role is ROLE_ADMIN render one file and otherwise render another file. This url does not fall under the pattern defined in security.yml.

So how do I check whether the user is admin or a normal user on the homepage which does not fall under the pattern defined in security.yml ?

Answer 1

Enable the firewall on the whole app using the ^/ pattern, permit anonymous access and use access_control to restrict access:

security:
    firewalls:
        secured_area:
            pattern: ^/
            anonymous: ~

    access_control:
        - { path: ^/admin, roles: ROLE_ADMIN }

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As @itsmequinn suggested, use the isGranted() method of the security context:

if ($this->get('security.context')->isGranted('ROLE_BRAND')) {
    // the user has the ROLE_BRAND role, so act accordingly
}

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In Symfony 2.6, security.context has been split into two separate services. Hence you need to use the security.authorization_checker service to solve the problem:

if ($this->get('security.authorization_checker')->isGranted('ROLE_BRAND')) {
    // the user has the ROLE_BRAND role, so act accordingly
}

Answer 2

SecurityContext will be deprecated in Symfony 3.0

Prior to Symfony 2.6 you would use SecurityContext.
SecurityContext will be deprecated in Symfony 3.0 in favour of the AuthorizationChecker.

For Symfony 2.6+ & Symfony 3.0 use AuthorizationChecker.

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Symfony 2.5 (and below)

if ($this->get('security.context')->isGranted('ROLE_ADMIN')) {
    # User is a ROLE_ADMIN
}

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Symfony 2.6 (and above)

if ($this->get('security.authorization_checker')->isGranted('ROLE_ADMIN')) {
    # User is a ROLE_ADMIN
}

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Read more the docs here: AuthorizationChecker