function user_load_by_mail

user_load_by_mail($mail)

Fetches a user object by email address.

Parameters

string $mail: String with the account's email address.

Return value

object|bool A fully-loaded $user object upon successful user load or FALSE if user cannot be loaded.

See also

\Drupal\user\Entity\User::loadMultiple()

File

core/modules/user/user.module, line 234

Enables the user registration and login system.

Code

function user_load_by_mail($mail) {
  $users = entity_load_multiple_by_properties('user', array('mail' => $mail));
  return $users ? reset($users) : FALSE;
}