Function Get User Object By Username?

Question

Which function can be used to get the user's object using the username? I've tried get_userdatabylogin() but the function seemed to throw an error:

Parse error, unexpected T_STRING on line xx

The function was called like so:

get_userdatabylogin($username);

Answer 1

That function should do what you want. Are you sure the error is not elsewhere?

You can also try using the get_user_by()(source) function:

$user = get_user_by('login', 'MaryJane');

This is the same as get_userdatabylogin('MaryJane');