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get_userdatabylogin()

get_userdatabylogin( string $user_login ): bool|object

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This function has been deprecated. Use get_user_by() instead.

Retrieve user info by login name.

Description

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Parameters

$user_loginstringrequired
User’s username

Return

bool|object False on failure, User DB row object

Source

function get_userdatabylogin($user_login) {
	_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '3.3.0', "get_user_by('login')" );
	return get_user_by('login', $user_login);
}

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UsesDescription
get_user_by()wp-includes/pluggable.php

Retrieves user info by a given field.

_deprecated_function()wp-includes/functions.php

Marks a function as deprecated and inform when it has been used.

Changelog

VersionDescription
3.3.0Use get_user_by()
0.71Introduced.

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