The timeline below displays how wordpress function get_currentuserinfo has changed across different WordPress versions. If a version is not listed, refer to the next available version below.
/**
* Populate global variables with information about the currently logged in user.
*
* @since 0.71
* @deprecated 4.5.0 Use wp_get_current_user()
* @see wp_get_current_user()
*
* @return bool|WP_User False on XMLRPC Request and invalid auth cookie, WP_User instance otherwise.
*/
function get_currentuserinfo()
{
_deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '4.5.0', 'wp_get_current_user()');
return _wp_get_current_user();
}/**
* Populate global variables with information about the currently logged in user.
*
* @since 0.71
* @deprecated 4.5.0 Use wp_get_current_user()
* @see wp_get_current_user()
*
* @return bool|WP_User False on XMLRPC Request and invalid auth cookie, WP_User instance otherwise.
*/
function get_currentuserinfo()
{
_deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '4.5', 'wp_get_current_user()');
return _wp_get_current_user();
}/**
* Populate global variables with information about the currently logged in user.
*
* Will set the current user, if the current user is not set. The current user
* will be set to the logged-in person. If no user is logged-in, then it will
* set the current user to 0, which is invalid and won't have any permissions.
*
* @since 0.71
*
* @global WP_User $current_user Checks if the current user is set
*
* @return false|void False on XML-RPC Request and invalid auth cookie.
*/
function get_currentuserinfo()
{
global $current_user;
if (!empty($current_user)) {
if ($current_user instanceof WP_User) {
return;
}
// Upgrade stdClass to WP_User
if (is_object($current_user) && isset($current_user->ID)) {
$cur_id = $current_user->ID;
$current_user = null;
wp_set_current_user($cur_id);
return;
}
// $current_user has a junk value. Force to WP_User with ID 0.
$current_user = null;
wp_set_current_user(0);
return false;
}
if (defined('XMLRPC_REQUEST') && XMLRPC_REQUEST) {
wp_set_current_user(0);
return false;
}
/**
* Filter the current user.
*
* The default filters use this to determine the current user from the
* request's cookies, if available.
*
* Returning a value of false will effectively short-circuit setting
* the current user.
*
* @since 3.9.0
*
* @param int|bool $user_id User ID if one has been determined, false otherwise.
*/
$user_id = apply_filters('determine_current_user', false);
if (!$user_id) {
wp_set_current_user(0);
return false;
}
wp_set_current_user($user_id);
}/**
* Populate global variables with information about the currently logged in user.
*
* Will set the current user, if the current user is not set. The current user
* will be set to the logged-in person. If no user is logged-in, then it will
* set the current user to 0, which is invalid and won't have any permissions.
*
* @since 0.71
*
* @uses $current_user Checks if the current user is set
*
* @return null|false False on XML-RPC Request and invalid auth cookie. Null when current user set.
*/
function get_currentuserinfo()
{
global $current_user;
if (!empty($current_user)) {
if ($current_user instanceof WP_User) {
return;
}
// Upgrade stdClass to WP_User
if (is_object($current_user) && isset($current_user->ID)) {
$cur_id = $current_user->ID;
$current_user = null;
wp_set_current_user($cur_id);
return;
}
// $current_user has a junk value. Force to WP_User with ID 0.
$current_user = null;
wp_set_current_user(0);
return false;
}
if (defined('XMLRPC_REQUEST') && XMLRPC_REQUEST) {
wp_set_current_user(0);
return false;
}
/**
* Filter the current user.
*
* The default filters use this to determine the current user from the
* request's cookies, if available.
*
* Returning a value of false will effectively short-circuit setting
* the current user.
*
* @since 3.9.0
*
* @param int|bool $user_id User ID if one has been determined, false otherwise.
*/
$user_id = apply_filters('determine_current_user', false);
if (!$user_id) {
wp_set_current_user(0);
return false;
}
wp_set_current_user($user_id);
}/**
* Populate global variables with information about the currently logged in user.
*
* Will set the current user, if the current user is not set. The current user
* will be set to the logged-in person. If no user is logged-in, then it will
* set the current user to 0, which is invalid and won't have any permissions.
*
* @since 0.71
*
* @uses $current_user Checks if the current user is set
* @uses wp_validate_auth_cookie() Retrieves current logged in user.
*
* @return bool|null False on XML-RPC Request and invalid auth cookie. Null when current user set.
*/
function get_currentuserinfo()
{
global $current_user;
if (!empty($current_user)) {
if ($current_user instanceof WP_User) {
return;
}
// Upgrade stdClass to WP_User
if (is_object($current_user) && isset($current_user->ID)) {
$cur_id = $current_user->ID;
$current_user = null;
wp_set_current_user($cur_id);
return;
}
// $current_user has a junk value. Force to WP_User with ID 0.
$current_user = null;
wp_set_current_user(0);
return false;
}
if (defined('XMLRPC_REQUEST') && XMLRPC_REQUEST) {
wp_set_current_user(0);
return false;
}
/**
* Filter the current user.
*
* The default filters use this to determine the current user from the
* request's cookies, if available.
*
* Returning a value of false will effectively short-circuit setting
* the current user.
*
* @since 3.9.0
*
* @param int|bool $user_id User ID if one has been determined, false otherwise.
*/
$user_id = apply_filters('determine_current_user', false);
if (!$user_id) {
wp_set_current_user(0);
return false;
}
wp_set_current_user($user_id);
}/**
* Populate global variables with information about the currently logged in user.
*
* Will set the current user, if the current user is not set. The current user
* will be set to the logged in person. If no user is logged in, then it will
* set the current user to 0, which is invalid and won't have any permissions.
*
* @since 0.71
* @uses $current_user Checks if the current user is set
* @uses wp_validate_auth_cookie() Retrieves current logged in user.
*
* @return bool|null False on XMLRPC Request and invalid auth cookie. Null when current user set
*/
function get_currentuserinfo()
{
global $current_user;
if (!empty($current_user)) {
if ($current_user instanceof WP_User) {
return;
}
// Upgrade stdClass to WP_User
if (is_object($current_user) && isset($current_user->ID)) {
$cur_id = $current_user->ID;
$current_user = null;
wp_set_current_user($cur_id);
return;
}
// $current_user has a junk value. Force to WP_User with ID 0.
$current_user = null;
wp_set_current_user(0);
return false;
}
if (defined('XMLRPC_REQUEST') && XMLRPC_REQUEST) {
wp_set_current_user(0);
return false;
}
if (!$user = wp_validate_auth_cookie()) {
if (is_blog_admin() || is_network_admin() || empty($_COOKIE[LOGGED_IN_COOKIE]) || !$user = wp_validate_auth_cookie($_COOKIE[LOGGED_IN_COOKIE], 'logged_in')) {
wp_set_current_user(0);
return false;
}
}
wp_set_current_user($user);
}