get_user_meta() WP 1.0

Retrieve user meta field for a user.

Works based on: get_metadata()

✈ 1 time = 0.000998s = slow | 50000 times = 0.09s = speed of light | PHP 7.1.2, WP 4.7.5

No Hooks.

Mixed. Will be an array if $single is false. Will be value of meta data field if $single is true.

get_user_meta( $user_id, $key, $single );

$user_id(int) (required): User ID.
$key(string): The meta key to retrieve. By default, returns data for all keys.
Default: ''
$single(true/false): Whether to return a single value.
Default: false

Since 3.0.0

Introduced.

<?php
function get_user_meta( $user_id, $key = '', $single = false ) {
	return get_metadata( 'user', $user_id, $key, $single );
}