get current user not working

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I was trying this code to get current user info, but showing nothing. My WordPress version is 3.3.1 

<?php
    wp_get_current_user();
    /**
     * @example Safe usage: $current_user = wp_get_current_user();
     * if ( !($current_user instanceof WP_User) )
     *     return;
     */
    echo 'Username: ' . $current_user->user_login . '<br />';
    echo 'User email: ' . $current_user->user_email . '<br />';
    echo 'User first name: ' . $current_user->user_firstname . '<br />';
    echo 'User last name: ' . $current_user->user_lastname . '<br />';
    echo 'User display name: ' . $current_user->display_name . '<br />';
    echo 'User ID: ' . $current_user->ID . '<br />';
?>

The output is:

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Username:

User email:

User first name:

User last name:

User display name:

User ID:

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3 comments

  1. Have you tried to go with the “Safe usage” alternative given in the commented section?

    I honestly don’t have any experience with wp_get_current_user(), since I never use it, but anyhow, this ought to work:

    global $current_user;

echo 'Username: ' . $current_user->user_login . '<br />';
echo 'User email: ' . $current_user->user_email . '<br />';
echo 'User first name: ' . $current_user->user_firstname . '<br />';
echo 'User last name: ' . $current_user->user_lastname . '<br />';
echo 'User display name: ' . $current_user->display_name . '<br />';
echo 'User ID: ' . $current_user->ID;

    wp_get_current_user() should do the same, as it is nothing but a wrapper for the first two lines above, nonetheless, the above has got to work.

  2. Prior to WordPress 4.5 get_currentuserinfo() was an acceptable option, but is
    now deprecated, in favor of wp_get_current_user().

    You can set the wp_get_current_user() as a variable to easily access it in your function or page:

    $current_user = wp_get_current_user();

    Example:

    if ( is_user_logged_in() ) {

    $current_user = wp_get_current_user();

    echo 'Username: ' . $current_user->user_login . '<br />';
    echo 'User email: ' . $current_user->user_email . '<br />';
    echo 'User first name: ' . $current_user->user_firstname . '<br />';
    echo 'User last name: ' . $current_user->user_lastname . '<br />';
    echo 'User display name: ' . $current_user->display_name . '<br />';
    echo 'User ID: '. $current_user->ID . '<br />';
    echo 'User avatar: ' . get_avatar( $current_user->ID, 64 ) . '<br />';

} else {

    echo 'User not logged in.';

}

    Also, it’s important to make sure this is all being done after init to avoid blank output.

  3. This is how you can get current user:

    global $current_user;
$current_user = wp_get_current_user();

    After that, you can use $current_user->ID where you want.

    Example:

    if ( is_user_logged_in() ) {
    $current_user = wp_get_current_user();
    echo 'Username: ' . $current_user->user_login . '--';
    echo 'User email: ' . $current_user->user_email . '--';
    echo 'User first name: ' . $current_user->user_firstname . '--';
    echo 'User last name: ' . $current_user->user_lastname . '--';
    echo 'User display name: ' . $current_user->display_name . '--';
    echo 'User ID: '. $current_user->ID . '--';
} else {
    echo 'User not logged in.';
}