Get current user array with post string

Since one WP function can’t do both as it seems, then I need to somehow use get_currentuserinfo to get the user firstname, lastname, login, and email from the wp_users table and wp_get_current_user to get the other four fields – address, city, state and zip from the wp_usermeta table.

That’s the WP code challenge to overcome.

No offense taken. I’m a php newb. Using your code:

//Get WP user data/meta data and add it to the $WP_vals array

global $current_user;
get_currentuserinfo();
$WP_vals = array(
   'username' => $current_user->data->user_login,
   'email' => $current_user->data->user_email,
);

$current_user = get_user_meta(get_current_user_id());

	$WP_vals['firstname'] = $current_user['first_name'][ 0 ];
	$WP_vals['lastname'] = $current_user['last_name'][ 0 ];
	$WP_vals['address'] = $current_user['mepr-address-one'][ 0 ];
	$WP_vals['city'] = $current_user['mepr-address-city'][ 0 ];
	$WP_vals['state'] = $current_user['mepr-address-state'][ 0 ];
	$WP_vals['zip'] = $current_user['mepr-address-zip'][ 0 ];

// Generate the POST string
$postdata = '';
$postdata = http_build_query( $WP_vals );
urlencode_deep( $query_vals , $WP_vals );

Because get_currentuserinfo isn’t defined as a function, php is throwing a fatal error – Call to undefined function get_currentuserinfo.

After it’s defined as a function, shouldn’t the global current user go under the function?

Again, I’ve gotten through all syntax errors and get a Status: fail.
I think this is because the post string doesn’t understand the coding for the values.

Do we need some type of variable set for the values? It failed when the code for the WP_vals array was set to [0], then I changed it to [\n] and it failed also.

how can I state a variable that tells the post string that [0] = ‘ ‘ ?
Like this:
$WP_vals array($value [0] = ' ');
Or no?

After reading up on curl, I’m wondering if that code needs a few tweaks. Here’s my existing code:

// Chop of the trailing ampersand
$postdata = rtrim($postdata, '&');

// create a new cURL resource
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'https://secureserver.com/register_member.xml');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, false);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $postdata);

// Save response to a string
$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

$xml = simplexml_load_string($response);

//var_dump($xml);
echo "Status: ".$xml->status;

And I read this today online as a curl example:

// A very simple PHP example that sends a HTTP POST to a remote site
$ch = curl_init();

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL,"http://example.com/feed.rss");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS,"postvar1=value1&postvar2=value2");

// in real life you should use something like:
// curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS,
//          http_build_query(array('postvar1' => 'value1')));

// receive server response ...
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);

$server_output = curl_exec ($ch);

curl_close ($ch);

// further processing ....
if ($server_output == "OK") { ... } else { ... }

Thoughts?

Dude, I’m not a coder, but have been tagged with this responsibility to get this done. And guess what? Regular php coders that don’t code for WP can’t figure this one out and none of the coding tips I’ve been given here have worked either, even though I’ve made all of the changes and tested every one of them.

So what would be your advise? Make a change and wait for 24 hours for someone to respond just to find that the next coding suggestion doesn’t work either?

You know NOTHING about troubleshooting methods I can see. A good troubleshooter looks at problems in a logical manner and attempts to solve a problem considering ALL aspects. That’s not you it’s clear.

You’re someone who likes to come to conclusions instantly without all of the facts. NO attention to detail.

This is a balancing act Slick. You have to get the WP code right, but you can’t ignore the post string requirements. So F off and don’t add anything further to this post if it’s not constructive di&^head.

Even better, a big thanks to a fellow native Arkansan, Justyn Hornor for these code declarations, so WP knows where its files are and I’m now using this:

For example, add the sub-folder to the $location variable:
$location = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/your-sub-folder';
*/

$location = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/public_html';

include ($location . '/wp-config.php');
include ($location . '/wp-load.php');
include ($location . '/wp-includes/pluggable.php');

global $wpdb;

if( !isset($wpdb) )
{
include ($location . '/wp-config.php');
include ($location . '/wp-includes/wp-db.php');
}

Justyn’s complete file can be seen here > http://goo.gl/zJCVvF

I’ve declared no functions now in my code, have all of the suggested code changes in place and now something different has happened. Instead of a success or fail status, I see no response at all.

Starting with the WP code, here’s my current code:

//Set some WP file locations so it can access them

$location = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'];

include ($location . '/wp-config.php');
include ($location . '/wp-load.php');
include ($location . '/wp-includes/formatting.php');
include ($location . '/wp-includes/pluggable.php');

global $wpdb;

if( !isset($wpdb) )
{
include ($location . '/wp-config.php');
include ($location . '/wp-includes/wp-db.php');
}
//Get WP user data/meta data and add it to the $WP_vals array

global $current_user;
get_currentuserinfo();
$WP_vals = array(
   'username' => $current_user->data->user_login,
   'email' => $current_user->data->user_email,

);

$current_user = get_user_meta(get_current_user_id());

	$WP_vals['firstname'] = $current_user['first_name'][0];
	$WP_vals['lastname'] = $current_user['last_name'][0];
	$WP_vals['address'] = $current_user['mepr-address-one'][0];
	$WP_vals['city'] = $current_user['mepr-address-city'][0];
	$WP_vals['state'] = $current_user['mepr-address-state'][0];
	$WP_vals['zip'] = $current_user['mepr-address-zip'][0];

// Generate the POST string

$postdata = '';
foreach($query_vals as $key => $value) {
	$postdata .= $key.'='.urlencode($value).'&';
}
	$postdata = http_build_query( $WP_vals );

// Chop of the trailing ampersand
$postdata = rtrim($postdata, '&');

// create a new cURL resource

$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'https://secureserver.com/register_member.xml');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, false);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $postdata);

// Save response to a string
$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

$xml = simplexml_load_string($response);

//var_dump($xml);
echo "Status: ".$xml->status;

From what I’ve been reading on cURL, is it possible that the CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS line of code needs tweaking? I think curl doesn’t know how to process the WP_vals array. Your thoughts?