function user_load_by_name

Fetch a user object by account name.

Parameters

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

Return value

A fully-loaded $user object upon successful user load or FALSE if user cannot be loaded.

See also

user_load_multiple()

File

modules/user/user.module, line 397

Code

function user_load_by_name($name) {
    $users = user_load_multiple(array(), array(
        'name' => $name,
    ));
    return reset($users);
}