Retrieve user info by login name.

• get_user_by()

$user_login string Required

User's username

bool|object False on failure, User DB row object

File: wp-includes/pluggable-deprecated.php. View all references

function get_userdatabylogin($user_login) {
	_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '3.3.0', "get_user_by('login')" );
	return get_user_by('login', $user_login);
}