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get_userdatabylogin( string $user_login ): bool|object

Retrieve user info by login name.

Description

See also

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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Changelog

Version Description
3.3.0 Use get_user_by()
0.71 Introduced.

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