function user_load_by_mail

7.x user.module user_load_by_mail($mail)

Fetch a user object by email address.

Parameters

$mail: String with the account's e-mail address.

Return value

A fully-loaded $user object upon successful user load or FALSE if user cannot be loaded.

See also

user_load_multiple()

2 calls to user_load_by_mail()

system_send_email_action in drupal-7.x/modules/system/system.module: Sends an e-mail message.
_update_cron_notify in drupal-7.x/modules/update/update.fetch.inc: Performs any notifications that should be done once cron fetches new data.

File

drupal-7.x/modules/user/user.module, line 381: Enables the user registration and login system.

Code

function user_load_by_mail($mail) {
  $users = user_load_multiple(array(), array('mail' => $mail));
  return reset($users);
}