I’m very new to both WordPress and bbPress but is there a way to make a script (preferably in PHP) to check if a user is logged into bbPress and then get the user information, like User Name and ID? And is the reverse also possible? As in, search and get User Name by the ID number.

I’m using bbPress 2.5.14 on WordPress 5.2

[@barryhughes-1 Participant 5 years, 7 months ago]

These resources might be useful?

codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_get_current_user

codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_User_Query

[@abhipatodi Participant 5 years, 7 months ago]

To check if the user is logged in, is_user_logged_in() is used:
function is_user_logged_in() {
$user = wp_get_current_user();
return $user->exists();
}
True if user is logged in, false if not logged in.

To obtain the default data (such as User ID, User Login, etc.)of the user try this code:

global $bp;
$the_user_id = $bp->loggedin_user->userdata->ID;
$the_user_login = $bp->loggedin_user->userdata->user_login;

To get data for the current logged in user, this this:
`$the_first_name = bp_get_profile_field_data(‘field=First Name&user_id=’.bp_loggedin_user_id());

Hope you find these code lines useful.

[@barryhughes-1 Participant 5 years, 7 months ago]

Just to note, is_user_logged_in() ships as part of WordPress itself, there’s generally no need to redefine it from your own code (unless you are perhaps reimplementing the login system).