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  1. @radheymkumar radheymkumar created this gist Oct 18, 2019.
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    get current user in drupal 8
    Description: In drupal 7 we get the current user object by defining global $user but in drupal 8 this quite different. If you want to get current user object then follow below code.

    $current_user = \Drupal::currentUser();

    $uid = $current_user->id();
    It returns user id of current user.

    $user_mail = $current_user->getEmail();
    It returns user email id.

    $user_display_name = $current_user->getDisplayName();
    It returns user display name.

    $user_account_name = $current_user->getAccountName()
    It returns user account name.

    $user_roles = $current_user->getRoles();
    It returns array of current user has.

    $current_user->isAnonymous();
    It returns true or false.

    $current_user->isAuthenticated();
    It returns true or false.

    $current_user->getLastAccessedTime();
    It returns timestamp of last logged in time for this user