How to get the current logged User in a service

Question

In Symfony 2.8/3.0, with our fancy new security components, how do I get the currently logged User (i.e. FOSUser) object in a service without

Answer 1

Works with Symfony 3.4, 4.x, 5.x & above. The Security utility class was introduced in Symfony 3.4.

use Symfony\Component\Security\Core\Security;

public function indexAction(Security $security)
{
    $user = $security->getUser();
}

https://symfony.com/doc/3.4/security.html#always-check-if-the-user-is-logged-in