Authenticates a user using the email and password.
Parameters
Source
function wp_authenticate_email_password( $user, $email, $password ) {
if ( $user instanceof WP_User ) {
return $user;
}
if ( empty( $email ) || empty( $password ) ) {
if ( is_wp_error( $user ) ) {
return $user;
}
$error = new WP_Error();
if ( empty( $email ) ) {
// Uses 'empty_username' for back-compat with wp_signon().
$error->add( 'empty_username', __( '<strong>Error:</strong> The email field is empty.' ) );
}
if ( empty( $password ) ) {
$error->add( 'empty_password', __( '<strong>Error:</strong> The password field is empty.' ) );
}
return $error;
}
if ( ! is_email( $email ) ) {
return $user;
}
$user = get_user_by( 'email', $email );
if ( ! $user ) {
return new WP_Error(
'invalid_email',
__( 'Unknown email address. Check again or try your username.' )
);
}
/** This filter is documented in wp-includes/user.php */
$user = apply_filters( 'wp_authenticate_user', $user, $password );
if ( is_wp_error( $user ) ) {
return $user;
}
if ( ! wp_check_password( $password, $user->user_pass, $user->ID ) ) {
return new WP_Error(
'incorrect_password',
sprintf(
/* translators: %s: Email address. */
__( '<strong>Error:</strong> The password you entered for the email address %s is incorrect.' ),
'<strong>' . $email . '</strong>'
) .
' <a href="' . wp_lostpassword_url() . '">' .
__( 'Lost your password?' ) .
'</a>'
);
}
return $user;
}
Hooks
- apply_filters( ‘wp_authenticate_user’,
WP_User|WP_Error $user ,string $password ) Filters whether the given user can be authenticated with the provided password.
Changelog
Version | Description |
---|---|
4.5.0 | Introduced. |
If the email parameter is not a valid email address (e.g. does not contain an @ sign), wp_authenticate_email_password will not return WP_Error; it will return NULL
wp_authenticate_email_password()
will return whatever was passed in the$user
parameter: ifNULL
was passed, thenNULL
will be returned.