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How to: get_user_meta – BuddyPress

kizzywizzy
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@kizzywizzy

3 months ago

What is the proper way to display User Meta in the BP Loop using this line from codex?

` get_user_meta($user_id, $key, $single);`

I added that line to the profile loop and switched those values with ones from my DB and nothing happened. What am I doing wrong?

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Renato Alves
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@espellcaste

3 months ago

Could you provide the code you used so that I can see what was wrong?
artifex223
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@artifex223

3 months ago
@kizzywizzy – The function get_user_meta() just returns the data; it does not display it. So if that is the only line of code you’ve added, you won’t see any output. You’ll want to assign the output of the function to a variable and echo that, or just echo the output directly.

Here is the example from the Codex:
```
<?php 
  $user_id = 9;
  $key = 'last_name';
  $single = true;
  $user_last = get_user_meta( $user_id, $key, $single ); 
  echo '<p>The '. $key . ' value for user id ' . $user_id . ' is: ' . $user_last . '</p>'; 
?>
```

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