I’ve added a custom field to users profile using the following code:
/*** Adding extra field to get the the user who creates the another user during ADD NEW USER ***/
<?php
function custom_user_profile_fields($user){
if(is_object($user))
$created_by = esc_attr( get_the_author_meta( 'created_by', $user->ID ) );
else
$created_by = null;
?>
<h3>Extra profile information</h3>
<table class="form-table">
<tr>
<th><label for="created_by">Created By</label></th>
<td>
<input type="text" class="regular-text" name="created_by" value="<?php echo $created_by; ?>" id="created_by" /><br />
<span class="description">The person who creates this user</span>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<?php
}
add_action( 'show_user_profile', 'custom_user_profile_fields' );
add_action( 'edit_user_profile', 'custom_user_profile_fields' );
add_action( "user_new_form", "custom_user_profile_fields" );
function save_custom_user_profile_fields($user_id){
update_user_meta($user_id, 'created_by', $_POST['created_by']);
}
add_action('user_register', 'save_custom_user_profile_fields');
add_action('profile_update', 'save_custom_user_profile_fields');
?>
Now I see a field created by when I create a new user from the admin panel
AND Now I want to get the users by the field created_by
Codex : https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_users
so as per the codex it should be somthing like this:
<?php
get_users( $args );
$args = array(
'meta_key' => '',
'meta_value' => '',
)
$blogusers = get_users( $args );
// Array of stdClass objects.
foreach ( $blogusers as $my_users ) {
echo $my_users. '<br/>';
}
?>
I’ve tried various options for meta_key
and meta_value
But all returns just empty.
What is the exact meta_key
and meta_value
for the field I created using the function custom_user_profile_fields
?
How can get the users by the custom field created_by
?
1 Answer
What is the exact meta_key and meta_value for the field I created
using the function custom_user_profile_fields ?
created_by
and some user ID, for example:
$args = array(
'meta_key' => 'created_by',
'meta_value' => 123,
)
You could use a meta_query
for more complex searches.
$args = array(
'meta_query' => array(
array(
'key' => 'created_by',
'compare' => 'EXISTS',
),
)
);
var_dump(get_users($args));
Essentially, though, what you are doing is correct.