bp_core_get_userid( string $username = '' )

Return the user ID based on a user’s user_login.

Description

Parameters

$username

(Optional) user_login to check.

Default value: ''

Return

(int|null) The ID of the matched user on success, null on failure.

Source

File: bp-members/bp-members-functions.php

function bp_core_get_userid( $username = '' ) {
    if ( empty( $username ) ) {
        return false;
    }
 
    $user = get_user_by( 'login', $username );
 
    /**
     * Filters the ID of a user, based on user_login.
     *
     * @since BuddyPress 1.0.1
     *
     * @param int|null $value    ID of the user or null.
     * @param string   $username User login to check.
     */
    return apply_filters( 'bp_core_get_userid', ! empty( $user->ID ) ? $user->ID : NULL, $username );
}

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Changelog

Changelog
Version	Description
BuddyPress 1.0.0	Introduced.

Uses

Uses
Uses	Description
bp-members/bp-members-functions.php: bp_core_get_userid	Filters the ID of a user, based on user_login.

Used By
Used By	Description
bp-messages/bp-messages-filters.php: maybe_redirects_to_previous_thread_message()	[maybe_redirects_to_previous_thread_message description]
bp-messages/classes/class-bp-messages-message.php: BP_Messages_Message::get_recipient_ids()	Get list of recipient IDs from their usernames.
bp-messages/bp-messages-template.php: bp_message_get_recipient_tabs()	Output the markup for the message recipient tabs.
bp-messages/bp-messages-functions.php: messages_new_message()	Create a new message.
bp-members/bp-members-functions.php: bp_core_get_user_displayname()	Fetch the display name for a user.
bp-members/bp-members-functions.php: bp_core_get_userlink_by_username()	Return the user link for the user based on the supplied identifier.
bp-members/bp-members-functions.php: bp_core_get_displayed_userid()	Return the ID of a user, based on user_login.
bp-core/deprecated/buddypress/1.5.php: groups_at_message_notification()	Send an email and a BP notification on receipt of an @-mention in a group
bp-core/bp-core-catchuri.php: bp_core_set_uri_globals()	Analyze the URI and break it down into BuddyPress-usable chunks.

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