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get_user_by_email( string $email )

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

Retrieve user info by email.

Description

See also

Parameters

$email

(string) (Required) User's email address

Return

(bool|object) False on failure, User DB row object

Source

File: wp-includes/pluggable-deprecated.php 

function get_user_by_email($email) {
	_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '3.3.0', "get_user_by('email')" );
	return get_user_by('email', $email);
}

Uses

Uses Description
wp-includes/pluggable.php: get_user_by()

Retrieve user info by a given field
wp-includes/functions.php: _deprecated_function()

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

Changelog

Version Description
3.3.0 Use get_user_by()
2.5.0 Introduced.

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https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_user_by_email