function 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 drupal/modules/comment/comment.module: Validate comment form submissions.
comment_preview in drupal/modules/comment/comment.module: Generate a comment preview.
comment_submit in drupal/modules/comment/comment.module: Prepare a comment for submission.
DBLogTestCase::doUser in drupal/modules/dblog/dblog.test: Generates and then verifies some user events.
LocaleUserCreationTest::testLocalUserCreation in drupal/modules/locale/locale.test: Functional test for language handling during user creation.

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File

drupal/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);
}