get_userdatabylogin() │ WP 0.71

Deprecated from version 3.3.0. It is no longer supported and can be removed in future releases. Use get_user_by() instead.

Retrieve user info by login name.

No Hooks.

Return

true|false|Object. False on failure, User DB row object

Usage

get_userdatabylogin( $user_login );
$user_login(string) (required)
User's username

Notes

Changelog

Since 0.71 Introduced.
Deprecated since 3.3.0 Use get_user_by()

get_userdatabylogin() code WP 6.7.1

wp-includes/pluggable-deprecated.php 
function get_userdatabylogin($user_login) {
	_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '3.3.0', "get_user_by('login')" );
	return get_user_by('login', $user_login);
}