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1. Drew Baker
   Member
   Posted 9 months ago #
   

   Hey Guys,

   I've been playing around with wp_insert_user(). It seems to not work if I set an ID. If I leave that ID empty, then it will create the user just fine. The thing is, I really want to be able to set the ID (I want the new users ID to match their Facebook ID).

   Am I doing something wrong? Or do you think this is a bug?
   

   /*
         * Create WP
         * http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_insert_user
         */
           add_action('wp', 'create_wp_user');
           function create_wp_user() {
                   $wp_user_data = array(
                       'ID' => 12345,
                       'user_pass' => wp_generate_password(),
                       'user_login' => $login,
                       'user_email' => $email,
                       'display_name' => $name,
                       'first_name' => $first_name,
                       'last_name' => $last_name,
                       'role' => get_option('default_role')
                   );
                   wp_insert_user($wp_user_data);
               }
           }

2. Paul Clark
   Member
   Posted 9 months ago #
   

   The ID field is only used for updating existing users. Otherwise, IDs are assigned by the database auto-increment to prevent conflicts.

   For associating a Facebook ID with a user, you should use user meta or a user meta plugin.

   You can later search for users by their Facebook username using get_users with the meta_key and meta_value arguments.

   For example:

   <?php
   $args = array(
       'meta_key' => 'facebook_id',
       'meta_value' => '12345',
   );
   
   $users = get_users( $args );
   
   var_dump( $users );
   
   ?>

3. Drew Baker
   Member
   Posted 9 months ago #
   

   Thanks, now that I think about it I think I'll map the FB ID to the WP username. They are both unique numbers, so it should be fine.

   Thanks again!

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