get_user_by() – Retrieve user info by a given field

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Description

Retrieve user info by a given field

Usage

$WP_User|false = get_user_by( $field, $value );

Parameters

$field

( string ) required –

$value

( int|string ) required – A value for $field. A user ID, slug, email address, or login name.

Returns

WP_User|false WP_User object on success, false on failure.

Source

File name: wordpress/wp-includes/pluggable.php
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  function get_user_by( $field, $value ) {
    $userdata = WP_User::get_data_by( $field, $value );

    if ( ! $userdata ) {
      return false;
    }

    $user = new WP_User;
    $user->init( $userdata );

    return $user;
  }

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The field to retrieve the user with. id	ID	slug	email	login.