BP_XProfile_Field::get_id_from_name( string $field_name = '' )

Get field ID from field name.

Description

Parameters

$field_name

(Optional) Name of the field to query the ID for.

Default value: ''

Return

(int|null) Field ID on success; null on failure.

Source

File: bp-xprofile/classes/class-bp-xprofile-field.php

	public static function get_id_from_name( $field_name = '' ) {
		global $wpdb;

		$bp = buddypress();

		if ( empty( $bp->profile->table_name_fields ) || empty( $field_name ) ) {
			return false;
		}

		$id = bp_core_get_incremented_cache( $field_name, 'bp_xprofile_fields_by_name' );
		if ( false === $id ) {
			$sql = $wpdb->prepare( "SELECT id FROM {$bp->profile->table_name_fields} WHERE name = %s AND parent_id = 0", $field_name );
			$id  = $wpdb->get_var( $sql );
			bp_core_set_incremented_cache( $field_name, 'bp_xprofile_fields_by_name', $id );
		}

		return is_numeric( $id ) ? (int) $id : $id;
	}

Changelog

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BuddyPress 1.5.0 Introduced.

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