function user_load_by_name in Drupal 7

Same name and namespace in other branches

1. 8 core/modules/user/user.module \user_load_by_name()
2. 9 core/modules/user/user.module \user_load_by_name()

Fetch a user object by account name.

Parameters

$name: String with the account's user name.

Return value

A fully-loaded $user object upon successful user load or FALSE if user cannot be loaded.

See also

user_load_multiple()

17 calls to user_load_by_name()

comment_form_validate in modules/comment/comment.module

Validate comment form submissions.

comment_preview in modules/comment/comment.module

Generate a comment preview.

comment_submit in modules/comment/comment.module

Prepare a comment for submission.

DBLogTestCase::doUser in modules/dblog/dblog.test

Generates and then verifies some user events.

LocaleUserCreationTest::testLocalUserCreation in modules/locale/locale.test

Functional test for language handling during user creation.

... See full list

File

modules/user/user.module, line 397

Enables the user registration and login system.

Code

function user_load_by_name($name) {
  $users = user_load_multiple(array(), array(
    'name' => $name,
  ));
  return reset($users);
}