Remove / Replace the username field with email using FOSUserBundle in Symfony2 / Symfony3

Question

I only want to have email as mode of login, I don\'t want to have username. Is it possible with symfony2/symfony3 and FOSUserbundle?

I read here http://groups.google

Answer 1

As of Sf 2.3, a quick workaround is to set the username to any string in the _construct of your class User that extends BaseUser.

public function __construct()
    {
        parent::__construct();
        $this->username = 'username';
    }

This way, the validator wont trigger any violation. But don't forget to set the email to the username as posted by Patt.

public function setEmail($email)
{
    $email = is_null($email) ? '' : $email;
    parent::setEmail($email);
    $this->setUsername($email);
}

You may have to check other files for references to User:username and change accordingly.