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:

Username:

User email:

User first name:

User last name:

User display name:

User ID:

3 Answers
3

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.

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