Lookup Member ID by name?

[rwdrummond]

I’m looking at using the profile form builder to add a few fields to the member profile, and then use that to build a member directory. After looking at the php tweaks you provided, it should be easy to build a page that displays a given user’s profile by using get_member_field_by_id to retrieve the information. But how do I get the member ID? I need something like get_member_id_by_name(lname, fname) – does that exist? So far I’ve not found it. Simple enough to pull it from the database, but I’d rather not re-invent the wheel if you’ve already provided it.

Thanks for a fantastic plugin!

[mbrsolution]

Hi, in the php tweaks documentation there is a code to get members First name and last name. Have you tried that code?

[rwdrummond]

Thanks for the suggestion, mbrsolution – that is a great example of what I want to do, but it requires knowing the member’s ID. What I’m looking for is a way for a member to look up another member’s ID (preferably by first & last name) in order to retrieve the other member’s profile info.

[mbrsolution]

Hi, thank you for the information. The plugin developers will investigate further your request.

Thank you

[admin]

No, that can’t be done at the moment. The ID is kind of the key to lookup. You can’t lookup the key with a name. I wouldn’t mind adding an option to find the ID by email address (since the email address is also unique).

[rwdrummond]

Thanks for the quick response. Good point about the name not being unique! Again, thanks for a great plugin!

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