Same name and namespace in other branches

1. 11.x core/modules/user/user.module \user_load_by_name()
2. 10 core/modules/user/user.module \user_load_by_name()
3. 9 core/modules/user/user.module \user_load_by_name()
4. 8.9.x core/modules/user/user.module \user_load_by_name()
5. 7.x modules/user/user.module \user_load_by_name()

Fetches a user object by account name.

Parameters

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

Return value

\Drupal\user\UserInterface|false A fully-loaded $user object upon successful user load or FALSE if user cannot be loaded.

See also

https://www.drupal.org/node/3555936

1 call to user_load_by_name()

ContactPersonalTest::checkContactAccess in core/modules/contact/tests/src/Functional/ContactPersonalTest.php

Creates a user and then checks contact form access.

File

core/modules/user/user.module, line 68

Code

function user_load_by_name($name) {
  @trigger_error(__FUNCTION__ . '() is deprecated in drupal:11.4.0 and is removed from drupal:13.0.0. Use entityTypeManager()->getStorage("user")->loadByProperties() instead. See https://www.drupal.org/node/3555936', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
  $users = \Drupal::entityTypeManager()->getStorage('user')
    ->loadByProperties([
    'name' => $name,
  ]);
  return $users ? reset($users) : FALSE;
}

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