I have a userid (it was handed to me from an external system).
I've been using:
$user = get_complete_user_data('id', $userId);
if (!$user) {
// no user found,
return false;
}
return $user->username;
to see if the id is valid. It seems like there is probably a better way, one that doesn't tax the database so much.
Any suggestions?
-Dave
If you really only want the username, do
return get_field('user', 'username', 'id', $userid);
If, however, you want to do more with the user later, it is better to get the whole $user record in one shot:
return get_record('user', 'id', $userid);
although that changes the API.
return get_field('user', 'username', 'id', $userid);
If, however, you want to do more with the user later, it is better to get the whole $user record in one shot:
return get_record('user', 'id', $userid);
although that changes the API.
Perfect. Thanks.
In reply to Tim Hunt
Re: What's most efficient way to get the username from an id?
аз Siddharth Patel -
Greetings,
I m trying the same, but due to I am working on moodle 2.2.3 so it is giving me an error get_field() not available anymore.
Can you please say if there is any other solution?
Regards..
In reply to Siddharth Patel
Re: What's most efficient way to get the username from an id?
аз Davo Smith -
If you are using Moodle 2.x (instead of Moodle 1.9):
$DB->get_field(...)