wp_get_current_user always returns 0

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I’m new to wordpress and modifying the code that’s already working on a website. I want to get user’s ID but I haven’t figured out yet how. The following sample code works on my local environment but it only returs 0 for a user ID on the production site. Any idea would be appreciated. 

<?php
$docroot = "/home/production-site/www";
require_once $docroot . '/wp-includes/pluggable.php';

testGetUserid();

function testGetUserid(){
    echo 'Before wp_get_current_user <br />';
    $user = wp_get_current_user();
    echo 'After wp_get_current_user <br />';
    echo 'ID= ' . $user->ID . '<br />';
}
?>

Btw, though I don’t know if this is relevant, to me it seems something strange might be occurring in wp-includes/pluggable.php, so I uploaded the entire php file here to allow everyone to take a look at the file. And with this file, I had to require_once following files on my local env.

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require_once 'capabilities.php';
require_once 'functions.php';
require_once 'load.php';
require_once 'plugin.php';
require_once 'user.php';

Env production site: WordPress Ver 3.2.1, others unknown (using sakura.ne.jp hosting service)

Env local: Ubuntu 11.04, Apache/2.2.17, PHP 5.3.5-1ubuntu7.2 with Suhosin-Patch (cli) (built: May 2 2011 23:00:17), WordPress Ver 3.2.1

Update June 10, 2012) In addition to everyone’s suggestions, @shabushabu (what a name 🙂 I’m Japanese) pointed out the last key factor – init hook. Here’s what worked for me: 

require( dirname(__FILE__) . '/../wp-load.php' ); // Path depends on your file structure, needless to say
 :
do_action( 'login_init' );
 :  // Whatever you want to do
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  1. wp_get_current_user() is actually just a wrapper for $current_user and get_currentuserinfo(), so you can use both. It’s important, though, to only call it on or after the init hook. Calling it before will only return 0, as you’ve experienced.

  2. Just use $current_user global, your function will be something like this:

    function mamaduka_get_user_id() {
    global $current_user;

    echo 'Before wp_get_current_user <br />';
    echo 'After wp_get_current_user <br />';
    echo 'ID= ' . $current_user->ID . '<br />';
}

  3. Use global $current_user, followed by get_currentuserinfo(). $current_user holds the information of the currently logged in user. You can also use current_user_can() to check the current user’s role.
    Remove all those includes, they aren’t required!