Symfony2 - Is basic authentication configuration required for traditional login form?

Question

The documentation seems to suggest that both http_basic: and form_login: should be configured in security.yml to implement a traditional login form.

But, isn't the purpose of a login form to replace the http basic authentication? Does http_basic: really have to be configured? If yes, why? If not, can I remove it?

Answer 1

Symfony Security has a variety of options to authenticate the user and the documentation shows two of them – and that you can use more than one at the same time.

But you don’t have to do that. You can remove http_basic.