function AdminAccountSwitcher::switchToAdministrator
Switches to an administrative account.
This will switch to the first available account with a role that has the `is_admin` flag. If there are no such roles, or no such users, this will try to switch to user 1 if superuser access is enabled.
Return value
\Drupal\Core\Session\AccountInterface The account that was switched to.
Throws
\Drupal\Core\Access\AccessException Thrown if there are no users with administrative roles.
File
- 
              core/
lib/ Drupal/ Core/ DefaultContent/ AdminAccountSwitcher.php, line 37  
Class
- AdminAccountSwitcher
 - @internal This API is experimental.
 
Namespace
Drupal\Core\DefaultContentCode
public function switchToAdministrator() : AccountInterface {
  $admin_roles = $this->entityTypeManager
    ->getStorage('user_role')
    ->getQuery()
    ->condition('is_admin', TRUE)
    ->execute();
  $user_storage = $this->entityTypeManager
    ->getStorage('user');
  if ($admin_roles) {
    $accounts = $user_storage->getQuery()
      ->accessCheck(FALSE)
      ->condition('roles', $admin_roles, 'IN')
      ->condition('status', 1)
      ->sort('uid')
      ->range(0, 1)
      ->execute();
  }
  else {
    $accounts = [];
  }
  $account = $user_storage->load(reset($accounts) ?: 1);
  assert($account instanceof AccountInterface);
  if (array_intersect($account->getRoles(), $admin_roles) || (int) $account->id() === 1 && $this->isSuperUserAccessEnabled) {
    $this->switchTo($account);
    return $account;
  }
  throw new AccessException("There are no user accounts with administrative roles.");
}
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