bw_get_user() – Return user information

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Description

Return user information

Usage

$WP_user = bw_get_user( $id, $hint );

Parameters

$id

( string ) required – a value that can be used to access the user

$hint

( string ) optional default: login – get_user_by( $hint, $id ) if we can't guess

Returns

WP_user object from get_user_by() Values for $field are: id: numeric email: contains @ slug: contains "-" indicating it's a user_nicename login: anything else Perhaps we should MAP username to login or viceversa anyway! ?

Source

File name: oik/includes/bobbcomp.php
Lines:

function bw_get_user( $id, $hint="login" ) {
  if ( is_numeric( $id ) ) {
    $field = "id";
  } elseif ( is_email( $id ) ) {
    $field = "email";
  } elseif ( strpos( $id, "-" ) !== false ) {
    $field = "slug"; // user_nicename; 
  } else {
    $field = $hint;
  }   
  $user = get_user_by( $field, $id );
  // bw_trace2( $user );
  return( $user );
}
 

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