function Drupal::currentUser

Gets the current active user.

This method will return the \Drupal\Core\Session\AccountProxy object of the current user. You can use the \Drupal\user\Entity\User::load() method to load the full user entity object. For example:

$user = \Drupal\user\Entity\User::load(\Drupal::currentUser()->id());

46 calls to Drupal::currentUser()

CommentFieldItemList::access in core/modules/comment/src/CommentFieldItemList.php: Checks data value access.
ContentModerationViewsExecutionHooks::viewsQuerySubstitutions in core/modules/content_moderation/src/Hook/ContentModerationViewsExecutionHooks.php: Implements hook_views_query_substitutions().
content_translation_translate_access in core/modules/content_translation/content_translation.module: Access callback for the translation overview page.
DisplayPluginBase::access in core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/display/DisplayPluginBase.php: Determines if the user has access to this display of the view.
EntityAccessControlHandler::prepareUser in core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityAccessControlHandler.php: Loads the current account object, if it does not exist yet.

public static function currentUser() {
    return static::getContainer()->get('current_user');
}