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Ash
Ash

Reputation: 225

Wordpress get user by

Hi I am trying to have live search which searches for existing emails when a user registers. Below is my jquery script

$("#wjp_register input#user_email").change(function(){
    console.log("lol");
    var email=$("#wjp_register input#user_email").val();
      $.ajax({
            type:"post",
            dataType : 'JSON',
            url:"/wordpress/wp-content/themes/tsf/wpjobboard/job-board/check.php",
            data:"email-address="+email,
                success:function(result){
                if(result==0){
                    console.log(result);
                    $(".error").html(" Username available");
                }
                else{
                    console.log(result);
                    $(".error").html("Username already taken");
                    proceed = false;
                }
            }
         });

});

When i check the response in the developer console, the email is echoed successfully but the wordpress get_user_by doesnt seem to work.

My php script

<?php
$mm = $_POST['email-address'];

if ( isset( $_POST['email-address'] ) && ! empty( $_POST['email-address'] ) ) {

  //sanitize the data
  $email_addr = trim( strip_tags( stripslashes( $_POST['email-address'] ) ) );
  echo $email_addr;//This is printed successfullt
  echo "<br>";

  //This below part doesnt work :(
    if( false == get_user_by( 'email', $email_addr ) ) {
        echo "Doesnt exist";
    } else {
        echo "exists";
    }

}
?>

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1110

Answers (1)

Simon Sch&#228;rer
Simon Sch&#228;rer

Reputation: 602

So here is the correct way to use WP from an external file:

Include wp-blog-header.php if you need all of WP and want to fire all of the default hooks and actions.

define('WP_USE_THEMES', false);
require('./wp-blog-header.php');

Includ wp-load.php if you only need the WP functions. It doesn't call wp() or invoke the template loader. So it's more lightweight! 

define('WP_USE_THEMES', false);
require('./wp-load.php');

Upvotes: 1

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