How do I get the entity that represents the current user on a PHP template?

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As it was answered on this question How do I get the entity that represents the current user in Symfony2? That shows you how to do it on a controller, but how do you do get the actual user entity on a php template without having to send it on a parameter to the template?

The far as I get was:

$app->getSession()->getUsername();

But that just gave a raw var with the user name, i want the user entity.

possible duplicate of [FOSuserbundle Symfony2 accessing user data on any page](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7463650/fosuserbundle-symfony2-accessing-user-data-on-any-page) — moonwave99, Jul 31 '13 at 08:47
@moonwave99 please read the question before putting a duplicate alert. This is for PHP templates, the other one is for TWIQ templates — DomingoSL, Jul 31 '13 at 11:03

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 31 '13 at 14:33

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You can use $app->getUser() in the php template and app.user in the twig template.

edited Jul 31 '13 at 14:33

cheesemacfly

answered Jul 31 '13 at 08:49

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