Database /
query.get_user_by
By Amit Singh . Posted on August 23, 2019
Title :
query.get_user_by
Purpose :
It Returns one single row as an array. Use when you are expecting the output to be 1 element.
Syntax :
[ query. get_ user_ by field = 'field name' value = 'field value' / ]
Input Parameters :
field:
(string) (Required) The field to retrieve the user with. id | ID | slug | email | login.
value:
(int|string) (Required) A value for field . A user ID, slug, email address, or login name.
Return Value :
It returns: WP_User object on success, false on failure
Example 1 :
Code :
[ query. get_ user_ by
field = 'email'
/ ]
Output :
Description :
The above example code will output the user object in array as shown above. It has some useful key eg. the data key also hold array in its value which has key value like ID, name, email, etc.
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