UserService
This service provides methods for managing users and user groups.
Methods¶
                
assignUserToUserGroup()
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        Assigns a new user group to the user.
If the user is already in the given user group this method does nothing.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Default value | Description | 
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| $user | User | - | - | 
| $userGroup | UserGroup | - | - | 
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checkUserCredentials()
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        Checks if credentials are valid for provided User.
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Parameters
| Name | Type | Default value | Description | 
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| $user | User | - | - | 
| $credentials | string | - | - | 
Return values
bool
                
createUser()
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        Create a new user. The created user is published by this method.
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Parameters
| Name | Type | Default value | Description | 
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| $userCreateStruct | UserCreateStruct | - | 
                                                         the data used for creating the user  | 
                
| $parentGroups | array<string|int, mixed> | - | 
                                                         the groups of type UserGroup which are assigned to the user after creation  | 
                
Return values
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createUserGroup()
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        Creates a new user group using the data provided in the ContentCreateStruct parameter.
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In 4.x in the content type parameter in the profile is ignored
- the content type is determined via configuration and can be set to null. The returned version is published.
 
Parameters
| Name | Type | Default value | Description | 
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| $userGroupCreateStruct | UserGroupCreateStruct | - | 
                                                         a structure for setting all necessary data to create this user group  | 
                
| $parentGroup | UserGroup | - | - | 
Return values
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deleteUser()
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        This method deletes a user.
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Parameters
| Name | Type | Default value | Description | 
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| $user | User | - | - | 
Return values
array<string|int, int>
Affected Location Id's (List of Locations of the Content that was deleted)
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deleteUserGroup()
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        Removes a user group.
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the users which are not assigned to other groups will be deleted.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Default value | Description | 
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| $userGroup | UserGroup | - | - | 
Return values
array<string|int, int>
Affected Location Id's (List of Locations of the Content that was deleted)
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expireUserToken()
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        Expires user token with user hash.
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Parameters
| Name | Type | Default value | Description | 
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| $hash | string | - | - | 
                
getPasswordInfo()
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        Returns information about password for a given user.
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Parameters
| Name | Type | Default value | Description | 
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| $user | User | - | - | 
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isUser()
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        Checks if Content is a user.
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@since 7.4
Parameters
| Name | Type | Default value | Description | 
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| $content | Content | - | - | 
Return values
bool
                
isUserGroup()
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        Checks if Content is a user group.
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Parameters
| Name | Type | Default value | Description | 
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| $content | Content | - | - | 
Return values
bool
                
loadSubUserGroups()
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        Loads the sub groups of a user group.
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Parameters
| Name | Type | Default value | Description | 
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| $userGroup | UserGroup | - | - | 
| $offset | int | 0 | 
                                                         the start offset for paging  | 
                
| $limit | int | 25 | 
                                                         the number of user groups returned  | 
                
| $prioritizedLanguages | array<string|int, string> | [] | 
                                                         Used as prioritized language code on translated properties of returned object.  | 
                
Return values
array<string|int, UserGroup>
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loadUser()
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        Loads a user.
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Parameters
| Name | Type | Default value | Description | 
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| $userId | mixed | - | - | 
| $prioritizedLanguages | array<string|int, string> | [] | 
                                                         Used as prioritized language code on translated properties of returned object.  | 
                
Return values
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loadUserByEmail()
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        Loads a user for the given email.
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Parameters
| Name | Type | Default value | Description | 
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| string | - | - | |
| $prioritizedLanguages | array<string|int, string> | [] | 
                                                         Used as prioritized language code on translated properties of returned object.  | 
                
Return values
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loadUserByLogin()
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        Loads a user for the given login.
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Since 6.1 login is case-insensitive across all storage engines and database backends, like was the case with mysql before in Ibexa 3.x/4.x/5.x.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Default value | Description | 
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| $login | string | - | - | 
| $prioritizedLanguages | array<string|int, string> | [] | 
                                                         Used as prioritized language code on translated properties of returned object.  | 
                
Return values
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loadUserByToken()
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        Loads a user with user hash key.
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Parameters
| Name | Type | Default value | Description | 
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| $hash | string | - | - | 
| $prioritizedLanguages | array<string|int, string> | [] | - | 
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loadUserGroup()
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        Loads a user group for the given id.
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Parameters
| Name | Type | Default value | Description | 
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| $id | int | - | - | 
| $prioritizedLanguages | array<string|int, string> | [] | 
                                                         Used as prioritized language code on translated properties of returned object.  | 
                
Return values
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loadUserGroupByRemoteId()
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        Loads a user group for the given remote id.
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Parameters
| Name | Type | Default value | Description | 
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| $remoteId | string | - | - | 
| $prioritizedLanguages | array<string|int, string> | [] | 
                                                         Used as prioritized language code on translated properties of returned object.  | 
                
Return values
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loadUserGroupsOfUser()
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        Loads the user groups the user belongs to.
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Parameters
| Name | Type | Default value | Description | 
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| $user | User | - | - | 
| $offset | int | 0 | 
                                                         the start offset for paging  | 
                
| $limit | int | 25 | 
                                                         the number of user groups returned  | 
                
| $prioritizedLanguages | array<string|int, string> | [] | 
                                                         Used as prioritized language code on translated properties of returned object.  | 
                
Return values
array<string|int, UserGroup>
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loadUsersByEmail()
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        Loads a users for the given email.
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Note: This method loads user by $email where $email might be case-insensitive on certain storage engines!
Returns an array of Users since Ibexa has under certain circumstances allowed several users having same email in the past (by means of a configuration option).
Parameters
| Name | Type | Default value | Description | 
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| string | - | - | |
| $prioritizedLanguages | array<string|int, string> | [] | 
                                                         Used as prioritized language code on translated properties of returned object.  | 
                
Return values
array<string|int, User>
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loadUsersOfUserGroup()
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        Loads the users of a user group.
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Parameters
| Name | Type | Default value | Description | 
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| $userGroup | UserGroup | - | - | 
| $offset | int | 0 | 
                                                         the start offset for paging  | 
                
| $limit | int | 25 | 
                                                         the number of users returned  | 
                
| $prioritizedLanguages | array<string|int, string> | [] | 
                                                         Used as prioritized language code on translated properties of returned object.  | 
                
Return values
array<string|int, User>
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moveUserGroup()
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        Moves the user group to another parent.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Default value | Description | 
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| $userGroup | UserGroup | - | - | 
| $newParent | UserGroup | - | - | 
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newUserCreateStruct()
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        Instantiate a user create class.
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Parameters
| Name | Type | Default value | Description | 
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| $login | string | - | 
                                                         the login of the new user  | 
                
| string | - | 
                                                         the email of the new user  | 
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| $password | string | - | 
                                                         the plain password of the new user  | 
                
| $mainLanguageCode | string | - | 
                                                         the main language for the underlying content object  | 
                
| $contentType | ContentType|null | null | 
                                                         content type for the underlying content object.  | 
                
Return values
                
newUserGroupCreateStruct()
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        Instantiate a user group create class.
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Parameters
| Name | Type | Default value | Description | 
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| $mainLanguageCode | string | - | 
                                                         The main language for the underlying content object  | 
                
| $contentType | ContentType|null | null | 
                                                         5.x the content type for the underlying content object. In 4.x it is ignored and taken from the configuration  | 
                
Return values
                
newUserGroupUpdateStruct()
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        Instantiate a new user group update struct.
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newUserUpdateStruct()
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        Instantiate a new user update struct.
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unAssignUserFromUserGroup()
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        Removes a user group from the user.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Default value | Description | 
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| $user | User | - | - | 
| $userGroup | UserGroup | - | - | 
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updateUser()
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        Updates a user.
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4.x: If the versionUpdateStruct is set in the user update structure, this method internally creates a content draft, updates ts with the provided data and publishes the draft. If a draft is explicitly required, the user group can be updated via the content service methods.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Default value | Description | 
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| $user | User | - | - | 
| $userUpdateStruct | UserUpdateStruct | - | - | 
Return values
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updateUserGroup()
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        Updates the group profile with fields and meta data.
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4.x: If the versionUpdateStruct is set in $userGroupUpdateStruct, this method internally creates a content draft, updates ts with the provided data and publishes the draft. If a draft is explicitly required, the user group can be updated via the content service methods.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Default value | Description | 
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| $userGroup | UserGroup | - | - | 
| $userGroupUpdateStruct | UserGroupUpdateStruct | - | - | 
Return values
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updateUserPassword()
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        Validates and updates just the user's password.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Default value | Description | 
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| $user | User | - | - | 
| $newPassword | string | - | - | 
Return values
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updateUserToken()
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        Update the user token information specified by the user token struct.
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Parameters
| Name | Type | Default value | Description | 
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| $user | User | - | - | 
| $userTokenUpdateStruct | UserTokenUpdateStruct | - | - | 
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validatePassword()
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        Validates given password.
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Parameters
| Name | Type | Default value | Description | 
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| $password | string | - | - | 
| $context | PasswordValidationContext|null | null | - | 
Return values
array<string|int, ValidationError>