Zend 2 After login how to set user

Question

I have the following code and which works, but now the next step.

How and where do i have to set a session so the script "sees" that the user is already logged in?

if ($form->isValid()) {
    $securePass = $this->getUsersTable()->getUserByUsername( $this->params()->fromPost('username') );       
    if( $securePass ){   
        $bcrypt = new Bcrypt();
        if ($bcrypt->verify( $this->params()->fromPost('password') , $securePass->password)) {

            $sm          = $this->getServiceLocator();
            $dbAdapter   = $sm->get('Zend\Db\Adapter\Adapter');
            $authAdapter = new AuthAdapter(
                    $dbAdapter,
                    'users',
                    'username',
                    'password'
                    );
            $authAdapter
                ->setIdentity($securePass->username)
                ->setCredential($securePass->password);                           

            $result = $authAdapter->authenticate($authAdapter);
            echo $result->getIdentity() . "\n\n";
        } 
        else {

        }

Answer 1

LoginController.php

if ($form->isValid()) {
    $securePass = $this->getUsersTable()->getUserByUsername( $this->params()->fromPost('username') );       
    if( $securePass ){   
        $bcrypt = new Bcrypt();
        if ($bcrypt->verify( $this->params()->fromPost( 'password' ) , $securePass->password ) ) {

            $sm          = $this->getServiceLocator();
            $dbAdapter   = $sm->get('Zend\Db\Adapter\Adapter');
            $authAdapter = new AuthAdapter(
                $dbAdapter,
                'users',
                'username',
                'password'
            );
            $authAdapter->setIdentity($securePass->username)
            ->setCredential($securePass->password);                           
            $result = $authAdapter->authenticate($authAdapter);

            $sesssionData = $authAdapter->getResultRowObject();

            $auth = new AuthenticationService();
            $storage = $auth->getStorage();
            $storage->write($sesssionData);

            return $this->redirect()->toRoute('user_list');
        }
    }
}



public function onBootstrap(MvcEvent $e)
{

    $eventManager        = $e->getApplication()->getEventManager();
    $moduleRouteListener = new ModuleRouteListener();
    $moduleRouteListener->attach($eventManager);
    $app            = $e->getParam('application');
    $app->getEventManager()->attach('render', array($this, 'setLayoutTitle'));
$eventManager->attach(MvcEvent::EVENT_DISPATCH, array($this, 'checkLogin'));
}

public function checkLogin(MvcEvent $e)
{
    $iden = new AuthenticationService();
    if( $iden->getIdentity() === NULL ){
        $matches    = $e->getRouteMatch();
        $controller = $matches->getParam('controller');
        $getController = explode( '\\', $controller );  

        if( isset( $getController[2] ) && $getController[2] != 'Login' ){
            $controller = $e->getTarget();
            return $controller->plugin('redirect')->toRoute('login');
        }
    }   
}