Wordpress get current user data from external php page

This is a data-dependent problem and we cannot see your data, so here are some strategies you might try to see the data.

You can use this to see what variables are available to your script:
http://php.net/manual/en/function.get-defined-vars.php

You might also want to use this:
var_dump($current_user);
http://php.net/manual/en/function.var-dump.php

I've tried all that and it still returns 0 or NULL so it's not catch the current user info

I'm trying this:

require_once($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] .'/wp-load.php');

  global $current_user;
  $current_user = wp_get_current_user();
  var_dump($current_user);
  
  $user_id = get_current_user_id();
  
  echo $user_id;

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Is the main site powered by WordPress? Or are you trying to just get the user info loaded into a non WP website?

Yes, the main site is powered by wordpress and my php file from which I'm trying this code in sctually in my wordpress theme directory.

I'm sctually logged into my wordpress site ... This is a separate php page inside the wordpress website.. I just need to be able to get the wordpress current user details from this page.

Here is a link to all available User Tags:
http://www.dbswebsite.com/design/wordpress-reference/V3/author.php

Let me know if you are still unable to get the info.

Hi jeremyjared74,

I know the tags but my php page is not currently part of wordpress. I could include the header and the problem would be solved but I don't want to include all the things that come with the header...I just need to current user details from wordpress.

When creating a wordpress template you normally get by including wp-load.php .. but on a standalone php it doesn't seem to work...

I see what you're needing now. I've not tried this, but maybe the article from WP-Candy will help. It seems to be the same as what you're doing with the exception that they are defining the path to wp-load:
http://wpengineer.com/1038/embed-wordpress-functions-outside-wordpress/

Sorry, that didn't work for me.

Other people comented the same problem too.

Hi jeremyjared74,

I know for a fact that your code above will work as a template because I am using some template which I've created already and it works.

The problem is that this is a standalone page which I only need for moving some uploaded images from one directory to another.

Here is the full code of this page:

<?php
$targetFolder = '/uploads/'; // Relative to the root

if (!empty($_FILES)) {
      $tempFile = $_FILES['Filedata']['tmp_name'];
      $targetPath = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . $targetFolder;
      ////$targetFile = rtrim($targetPath,'/') . $_FILES['Filedata']['name'];
      $targetFile = $targetPath . $_FILES['Filedata']['name'];
      
      // Validate the file type
      $fileTypes = array('jpg','jpeg','gif','png'); // File extensions
      $fileParts = pathinfo($_FILES['Filedata']['name']);
      
      if (in_array($fileParts['extension'],$fileTypes)) {
            move_uploaded_file($tempFile,$targetFile);
            echo '1';
      } else {
            echo 'Invalid file type.';
      }
}
?>

I need to change the targetFolder to:



..so

$targetFolder = '/uploads/'.$current_user->user_login); ?>.'/images/';

The above is what I need to do BUT for this I need to know the value of the user login name and this is why I need to get this information.

At the moment it is not displaying.

Hope this helps

Thanks

As for your question answers:

Is WordPress in the root directory of your server? - YES
Does your Database use the default prefix wp_ for the table names? - YES

Have you tried using WordPress custom page feature to load the page? But I would need to add it as a template to an actual page and display it in order to use it?

I'm thinking...

This is the way I'm reaching the file I'm on about ... it's via javascript...

<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {

      $('#file_upload').uploadify({
            'uploader' : '<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>/uploadify.php',
The line above calls the file I'm on about, which is called uploadify.php ...

Would it work to do something like this:

'uploader' : '<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>/uploadify.php?MyVariableHere',   ???