bp_core_get_userlink_by_username( string $username )

Return the user link for the user based on the supplied identifier.

Description

Parameters

$username: (Required) If BP_ENABLE_USERNAME_COMPATIBILITY_MODE is set, this should be user_login, otherwise it should be user_nicename.

Return

(string|bool) The link to the user's domain, false on no match.

Source

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

function bp_core_get_userlink_by_username( $username ) {
    if ( bp_is_username_compatibility_mode() ) {
        $user_id = bp_core_get_userid( $username );
    } else {
        $user_id = bp_core_get_userid_from_nicename( $username );
    }
 
    /**
     * Filters the user link for the user based on username.
     *
     * @since BuddyPress 1.0.1
     *
     * @param string|bool $value URL for the user if found, otherwise false.
     */
    return apply_filters( 'bp_core_get_userlink_by_username', bp_core_get_userlink( $user_id, false, false, true ) );
}

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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_userlink()	Return a HTML formatted link for a user with the user’s full name as the link text.
bp-members/bp-members-functions.php: bp_core_get_userlink_by_username	Filters the user link for the user based on username.
bp-members/bp-members-functions.php: bp_core_get_userid()	Return the user ID based on a user’s user_login.
bp-members/bp-members-functions.php: bp_core_get_userid_from_nicename()	Return the user ID based on user_nicename.
bp-core/bp-core-functions.php: bp_is_username_compatibility_mode()	Are we running username compatibility mode?

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