Decoupling App User entity from Symfony Security User. Public props and clipped methods for brevity.

CurrentUserProvider.php

<?php

# src/DataProvider/CurrentUserProvider.php

namespace App\DataProvider;

use App\Entity\User;
use App\Repository\UserRepository;
use App\Security\SecurityUser;
use Symfony\Component\Security\Core\Authentication\Token\Storage\TokenStorageInterface;
use Symfony\Component\Security\Core\Authentication\Token\TokenInterface;

final class CurrentUserProvider
{
    private $tokenStorage;
    private $userRepo;
    private $currentUser; // cached to prevent querying multiple times

    public function __construct(TokenStorageInterface $tokenStorage, UserRepository $userRepo)
    {
        $this->tokenStorage = $tokenStorage;
        $this->userRepo = $userRepo;
    }

    public function get(): ?User
    {
        if (!$this->currentUser) {
            $this->currentUser = $this->fromToken($this->tokenStorage->getToken());
        }

        return $this->currentUser;
    }

    public function fromToken(TokenInterface $token): ?User
    {
        if (!$token || !$token->getUser() instanceof SecurityUser) {
            return null;
        }

        return $this->userRepo->findOneByEmail($token->getUsername());
    }
}

LoginFormAuthenticator.php

<?php

# src/Security/LoginFormAuthenticator.php
# Methods clipped for brevity.

namespace App\Security;

use App\DataProvider\CurrentUserProvider;
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
use Symfony\Component\Security\Core\Authentication\Token\TokenInterface;
use Symfony\Component\Security\Core\Exception\AuthenticationException;
use Symfony\Component\Security\Core\Exception\CustomUserMessageAuthenticationException;
use Symfony\Component\Security\Core\Exception\UsernameNotFoundException;
use Symfony\Component\Security\Core\User\UserInterface;
use Symfony\Component\Security\Core\User\UserProviderInterface;
use Symfony\Component\Security\Guard\Authenticator\AbstractFormLoginAuthenticator;

class LoginFormAuthenticator extends AbstractFormLoginAuthenticator
{
    private $currentUserProvider;

    public function __construct(CurrentUserProvider $currentUserProvider)
    {
        $this->currentUserProvider = $currentUserProvider;
    }

    public function supports(Request $request): bool
    {
        // ...
    }

    public function getCredentials(Request $request)
    {
        // ...
    }

    public function getUser($credentials, UserProviderInterface $userProvider): UserInterface
    {
        // ...

        try {
            $user = $userProvider->loadUserByUsername($credentials['email']);
        } catch (UsernameNotFoundException $exception) {
            throw new CustomUserMessageAuthenticationException('Email could not be found.');
        }

        return $user;
    }

    public function checkCredentials($credentials, UserInterface $user): bool
    {
        // ...
    }

    public function onAuthenticationSuccess(Request $request, TokenInterface $token, $providerKey)
    {
        $user = $this->currentUserProvider->fromToken($token);
        // ...
    }

    public function onAuthenticationFailure(Request $request, AuthenticationException $exception)
    {
        // ...
    }

    public function start(Request $request, AuthenticationException $authException = null)
    {
        // ...
    }

    protected function getLoginUrl()
    {
        // ...
    }
}

security.yaml

# config/packages/security.yaml

security:
    encoders:
        # Both must use the same encoder
        App\Entity\User: bcrypt
        App\Security\SecurityUser: bcrypt

    providers:
        custom_provider:
            id: App\Security\SecurityUserProvider

    firewalls:
        dev:
            pattern: ^/(_(profiler|wdt)|css|images|js)/
            security: false

        main:
            pattern: ^/
            anonymous: ~
            provider: custom_provider
            guard:
                authenticators:
                    - App\Security\LoginFormAuthenticator

#     access_control:
#         - { path: ^/, roles: IS_AUTHENTICATED_ANONYMOUSLY }

SecurityUser.php

<?php

# src/Security/SecurityUser.php

namespace App\Security;

use App\Entity\User;
use Symfony\Component\Security\Core\User\EquatableInterface;
use Symfony\Component\Security\Core\User\UserInterface;

final class SecurityUser implements UserInterface, EquatableInterface
{
    public $id;
    public $email;
    public $password;
    public $admin;

    public function __construct(User $user)
    {
        $this->id = $user->getId();
        $this->email = $user->email;
        $this->password = $user->password;
        $this->admin = $user->admin;
    }

    public function getRoles(): array
    {
        if ($this->admin) {
            return ['ROLE_ADMIN'];
        }

        return [];
    }

    public function getPassword(): ?string
    {
        return $this->password;
    }

    public function getSalt(): ?string
    {
        return null;
    }

    public function getUsername(): string
    {
        return $this->email;
    }

    public function eraseCredentials(): void
    {
        $this->password = null;
    }

    public function isEqualTo(UserInterface $user): bool
    {
        if (!$user instanceof self) {
            return false;
        }

        if ($this->getRoles() !== $user->getRoles()) {
            return false;
        }

        return true;
    }
}

SecurityUserProvider.php

<?php

# src/Security/SecurityUserProvider.php

namespace App\Security;

use App\Repository\UserRepository;
use Symfony\Component\Security\Core\Exception\UnsupportedUserException;
use Symfony\Component\Security\Core\Exception\UsernameNotFoundException;
use Symfony\Component\Security\Core\User\UserInterface;
use Symfony\Component\Security\Core\User\UserProviderInterface;

final class SecurityUserProvider implements UserProviderInterface
{
    private $userRepo;

    public function __construct(UserRepository $userRepo)
    {
        $this->userRepo = $userRepo;
    }

    public function supportsClass($class): bool
    {
        return $class === SecurityUser::class;
    }

    public function loadUserByUsername($username): UserInterface
    {
        if (null === ($user = $this->userRepo->findOneByEmail($username))) {
            throw new UsernameNotFoundException(sprintf('No user found for "%s"', $username));
        }

        return new SecurityUser($user);
    }

    public function refreshUser(UserInterface $user): UserInterface
    {
        if (!$user instanceof SecurityUser) {
            throw new UnsupportedUserException(sprintf('Invalid user class %s', \get_class($user)));
        }

        $userEntity = $this->userRepo->findOneByEmail($user->getUsername());
        if (!$userEntity) {
            throw new UsernameNotFoundException(sprintf('No user found for "%s"', $user->getUsername()));
        }

        return new SecurityUser($userEntity);
    }
}

User.php

<?php

# src/Entity/User.php

namespace App\Entity;

class User
{
    private $id;
    public $name = '';
    public $email = '';
    public $plainPassword = '';
    public $password = '';
    public $admin = false;

    public function __construct(string $name, string $email, string $plainPassword)
    {
        $this->name = $name;
        $this->email = $email;
        $this->plainPassword = $plainPassword;
    }

    public function getId(): int
    {
        return $this->id;
    }
}

Nice work, just a quick question, can you demonstrate how you are using the onAuthenticationSuccess with $user = $this->currentUserProvider->fromToken($token);

    public function onAuthenticationSuccess(Request $request, TokenInterface $token, $providerKey)
    {
//        $user = $this->currentUserProvider->fromToken($token);

        if ($targetPath = $this->getTargetPath($request->getSession(), $providerKey)) {
            return new RedirectResponse($targetPath);
        }

        // For example : return new RedirectResponse($this->urlGenerator->generate('some_route'));
//        throw new \Exception('TODO: provide a valid redirect inside '.__FILE__);
        return new RedirectResponse($this->urlGenerator->generate('app_dashboard'));
    }

Nice work, just a quick question, can you demonstrate how you are using the onAuthenticationSuccess with $user = $this->currentUserProvider->fromToken($token);

It depends on the application, but this is an example from one I have open:

    public function onAuthenticationSuccess(Request $request, TokenInterface $token, $providerKey)
    {
        $targetPath = $request->hasSession() ? $request->getSession()->get('_security.main.target_path') : null;

        if ($request->isXmlHttpRequest()) {
            return new JsonResponse([
                'username' => $token->getUsername(),
                'target_path' => $targetPath,
                'csrf_token' => $this->csrfTokenManager->getToken('authenticate'),
            ]);
        }

        if ($targetPath) {
            return new RedirectResponse($targetPath);
        }

        return new RedirectResponse($this->router->generate('user_dashboard'));
    }