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Memory User Provider
--------------------

It's not recommended to use this provider in real applications because of its
limitations and how difficult it is to manage users. It may be useful in application
prototypes and for limited applications that don't store users in databases.
It's not recommended to use this provider because of its limitations to manage users.
It nonetheless may be useful in application prototypes and for specific applications
that don't need to have a complex user modelisation.

This user provider stores all user information in a configuration file,
including their passwords. That's why the first step is to configure how these
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backend_users:
memory:
users:
john_admin: { password: '$2y$13$jxGxc ... IuqDju', roles: ['ROLE_ADMIN'] }
jane_admin: { password: '$2y$13$PFi1I ... rGwXCZ', roles: ['ROLE_ADMIN', 'ROLE_SUPER_ADMIN'] }
john_admin: { password: '$2y$13$jxGxc ... IuqDju', roles: ['ROLE_ADMIN'] }
alice_admin: { password: '$2y$13$AMg7Z ... dFxRBA', roles: ['ROLE_ADMIN'], extra_fields: {'name': 'Alice', 'age': 42}}
jane_admin: { password: '$2y$13$PFi1I ... rGwXCZ', roles: ['ROLE_ADMIN', 'ROLE_SUPER_ADMIN'] }

.. versionadded:: 5.3

The ``extra_fields`` support was introduced in Symfony 5.3.
This allows you to retrieve some user data with ``$user->getExtraFields()['age'];`` having a ``$user`` from the Security layer.

.. caution::

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