How to pass on logged username?

  • bambinou

    (@bambinou)


    12 years, 4 months ago

    Hello,

    I need to have the logged in usernames passed onto another script, how can I get this variable in wordpress please?
    For example, if someone logs in now, I need to be able to take this username and copy it somewhere else.

    Which PHP function shows up the logged in usernames in wordpress?

    Thank you,

    Ben

    Thank you,

    Ben

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  • jghazally

    (@jghazally)

    12 years, 4 months ago

    When a user is logged in you can just use

    global $current_user;
echo $current_user->user_login;

    Or use the wp_get_current_user
    See:
    http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_get_current_user

    Thread Starter bambinou

    (@bambinou)

    12 years, 4 months ago

    Thank you very much for that,

    I have looked at the link you have posted and this also could work I believe:

    <?php
    wp_get_current_user();
    echo ‘Username: ‘ . $current_user->user_login . ‘
    ‘;
    ?>

    I will try it now to see if it works,

    A last question please, can you output this “<?php
    wp_get_current_user();
    echo ‘Username: ‘ . $current_user->user_login . ‘
    ‘;
    ?> ” in a javascript function or not? As(only part of the function here):

    options.username = “<?php global $current_user; echo $current_user->user_login; ?>”;

    Thank you,

    Ben

    jghazally

    (@jghazally)

    12 years, 4 months ago

    depends really, is your javascript in your header template? if so then yes I guess that would work 🙂 the file would need to be a .php file for php to execute

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