Symfony2: Edit user without having password
Until I see a more elegant solution, here's what I came up with:
- Create a UserEditType form class with all fields but the password field(s)
- Assign UserEditType to a validation group other than Default
- Configure the password length constraint to the validation group in 2.
- Modify the edit and update actions to use UserEditType
And now users can be edited without having the password!
UserEditType:
class UserEditType extends AbstractType {
public function buildForm(FormBuilderInterface $builder, array $options) {
$builder
->add('enabled', 'choice', array(
'choices' => array('Yes' => 'Yes', 'No' => 'No'),
'expanded' => true,
'multiple' => false,
'label' => 'Enabled: ',
))
->add('fname')
->add('sname')
->add('email')
->add('username')
->add('role', 'choice', array(
'choices' => array('ROLE_USER' => 'User', 'ROLE_ADMIN' => 'Admin'),
'expanded' => true,
'multiple' => false,
'label' => 'Group: ',
))
;
}
public function setDefaultOptions(OptionsResolverInterface $resolver) {
$resolver->setDefaults(array(
'data_class' => 'Mana\ClientBundle\Entity\User',
'validation_groups' => array('edit'),
));
}
Password in User entity:
* @ORM\Column(name="userpass", type="string", length=100, nullable=false)
* @Assert\NotBlank(message="Password may not be empty")
* @Assert\Length(
* min = "5",
* max = "12",
* minMessage = "Password must be at least 5 characters long",
* maxMessage = "Password cannot be longer than than 12 characters",
* groups = {"Default"}
* )
Update action:
public function updateAction(Request $request, $id) {
$em = $this->getDoctrine()->getManager();
$user = $em->getRepository('ManaClientBundle:User')->find($id);
$form = $this->createForm(new UserEditType(), $user);
$form->bind($request);
if ($form->isValid()) {
$em->persist($user);
$em->flush();
return $this->redirect($this->generateUrl('user_main', array()));
}
return array(
'form' => $form->createView(),
'user' => $user,
'title' => 'Edit user',
);
}
I've had the same problem here in my project.
I solved it by removing the password field from the form just for my edit action.
So, in my UserController
, I changed the editAction
:
//find the line where the form is created
$editForm = $this->createForm(new UserType($this->container), $entity)
->remove('password'); //add this to remove the password field