Silex + RememberMeServiceProvider - login from code - silex

Question

I'm trying to make an ajax login form.
I've configured RememberMeServiceProvider according to http://silex.sensiolabs.org/doc/providers/remember_me.html
It works great with default login form - the one that goes to 'login_path' and is managed by Silex.
I'm now trying to make custom login controller (AJAX only).
It looks like this:
public function ajaxLogin(Request $request, Application $app) {
if (!AJAX)
die;
$email = $request->request->get('_username');
$pass = $request->request->get('_password');
if (!$email || !$pass)
return 0;
try {
$user = APP::repo('users')->findOneByEmail($email);
if (!$user)
return 0;
$encodedPass = $app['security.encoder_factory']->getEncoder($user)->encodePassword($pass, $user->getSalt());
if ($encodedPass !== $user->getPassword())
return 0;
$token = new UsernamePasswordToken($user, $pass, 'all', $user->getRoles());
$app['security']->setToken($token);
return 1;
} catch (Exception $e) {
return 0;
}
}
It works great, but I have a problem with Remember Me option. How can I make it work with above custom login controller?

Answer 1

The problem is that you bypass the security listerner to create the authentiated token by yourself.
To create the remember-me cookie, you must trigger the loginSuccess method of your RememberMeServices.
$app['security.remember_me.service.my-firewall']->loginSuccess($request, $response, $token);
Otherwise, you should implement your own PreAuthenticator :
http://symfony.com/doc/current/cookbook/security/api_key_authentication.html