wp_get_current_user not working in 2.9?

(@ajay)

Hi,

In my plugin Top 10, below is the code:

add_action('wp_head','tptn_add_viewed_count');
function tptn_add_viewed_count() {
	global $post, $wpdb, $single;
	$table_name = $wpdb->prefix . "top_ten";
	$tptn_settings = tptn_read_options();

	$current_user = wp_get_current_user();
	$post_author = ( $current_user->ID == $post->post_author ? true : false );

	if((is_single() || is_page())) {
echo '<!-- Top 10 : '.$current_user->ID.' & '.$post->post_author.' -->';
		 if (!(($post_author)&&(!$tptn_settings['track_authors'])))  {
			$id = intval($post->ID);
			$output = '<script type="text/javascript" src="'.get_bloginfo('wpurl').'/wp-content/plugins/top-10/top-10-addcount.js.php?top_ten_id='.$id.'"></script>';
			echo $output;
		}
	}
}

I have noticed that this doesn’t work anymore, the $post->post_author and $current_user->ID both return blank values.

This wasn’t a problem before I upgraded to 2.9. Can anyone else confirm this?

Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total)

SrDusky
(@srdusky)

14 years, 3 months ago

I have several installations, and the $current_user function seems to be broken on my 2.9 installation. Let me know if you figure this one out. [email moderated]

jobeesh
(@jobeesh)

14 years, 1 month ago

I am also having this problem.

beredon
(@beredon)

14 years, 1 month ago

I’m in the same boat. Any ideas?
ibr
(@ibr)

13 years, 9 months ago
I made a workaround for this issue on my WP 3.0 install:
```
<?php
$thisuser = wp_get_current_user();
if ( 0 == $thisuser->ID ) {  // Not logged in.
} else {  // Logged in.
echo '<li><a href="' . get_option('siteurl') . '/wp-admin/profile.php">Logged in as ' . $thisuser->display_name .'</a></li>';
}
?>
```
torvad
(@torvad)

13 years, 6 months ago

I’m having the same problem. Did anyone find a good solution to the problem?

wp_get_current_user() returns false, and it’s because $current_user is empty.

When you log into WP, in which function or class is this variable instatiated with a user object?
toyNN
(@toynn)

13 years, 6 months ago
The wp_get_current_user() function appears to work fine for me (2.9.2 ->). Make sure its called after testing if the user is logged otherwise it will return NULL.

@torvad – $current_user var is populated by the function call. If the function returns NULL then the var will be empty.

As @ibr shows – you need to test if the user is logged in before making the function call. Here’s a similar way to test,
```
<?php global $user;
    if (is_user_logged_in()) {
        $user = wp_get_current_user();
         ......
```
torvad
(@torvad)

13 years, 6 months ago

is_user_logged_in() returns false inside the function &get_posts() which is in query.php

When you edit a post in WP the file admin/post.php is called. I checked and found out that is_user_logged_in() returns true in this file.

Why does it return false inside query.php? I am logged in…

Is there a function that logs off the user when calling this file?

2nic
(@2nic)

13 years, 6 months ago

for me the problem appeared when i activated, try to activate theme_test_drive plugin.
it was solved when i deleted the plugin

2nic
(@2nic)

13 years, 6 months ago

i had the same problem with theme-tester – had to delete it desactivate it.