get_usermeta() │ WP 2.0.0

Retrieve user metadata.

If $user_id is not a number, then the function will fail over with a 'false' boolean return value. Other returned values depend on whether there is only one item to be returned, which be that single item type. If there is more than one metadata value, then it will be list of metadata values.

No Hooks.

Return

Mixed.

Usage

get_usermeta( $user_id, $meta_key );

$user_id(int) (required)

User ID

$meta_key(string)

Metadata key.
Default: ''

Notes

• See: get_user_meta()
• Global. wpdb. $wpdb WordPress database abstraction object.

Changelog

get_usermeta() get usermeta code ^{WP 6.5.2}

function get_usermeta( $user_id, $meta_key = '' ) {
	_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '3.0.0', 'get_user_meta()' );
	global $wpdb;
	$user_id = (int) $user_id;

	if ( !$user_id )
		return false;

	if ( !empty($meta_key) ) {
		$meta_key = preg_replace('|[^a-z0-9_]|i', '', $meta_key);
		$user = wp_cache_get($user_id, 'users');
		// Check the cached user object.
		if ( false !== $user && isset($user->$meta_key) )
			$metas = array($user->$meta_key);
		else
			$metas = $wpdb->get_col( $wpdb->prepare("SELECT meta_value FROM $wpdb->usermeta WHERE user_id = %d AND meta_key = %s", $user_id, $meta_key) );
	} else {
		$metas = $wpdb->get_col( $wpdb->prepare("SELECT meta_value FROM $wpdb->usermeta WHERE user_id = %d", $user_id) );
	}

	if ( empty($metas) ) {
		if ( empty($meta_key) )
			return array();
		else
			return '';
	}

	$metas = array_map('maybe_unserialize', $metas);

	if ( count($metas) === 1 )
		return $metas[0];
	else
		return $metas;
}