function user_load_by_name

user_load_by_name($name)

Fetches a user object by account name.

Parameters

string $name: String with the account's user name.

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 250

Enables the user registration and login system.

Code

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