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wp_authenticate › WordPress Function
Since2.5.0
Deprecatedn/a
› wp_authenticate ( $username, $password )
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Authenticates a user, confirming the login credentials are valid.
Related Functions: wp_authenticate_cookie, wp_authenticate_spam_check, wp_checkdate, wp_authenticate_email_password, wp_attachment_is
Source
function wp_authenticate( $username, $password ) { $username = sanitize_user( $username ); $password = trim( $password ); /** * Filters whether a set of user login credentials are valid. * * A WP_User object is returned if the credentials authenticate a user. * WP_Error or null otherwise. * * @since 2.8.0 * @since 4.5.0 `$username` now accepts an email address. * * @param null|WP_User|WP_Error $user WP_User if the user is authenticated. * WP_Error or null otherwise. * @param string $username Username or email address. * @param string $password User password. */ $user = apply_filters( 'authenticate', null, $username, $password ); if ( null === $user || false === $user ) { /* * TODO: What should the error message be? (Or would these even happen?) * Only needed if all authentication handlers fail to return anything. */ $user = new WP_Error( 'authentication_failed', __( '<strong>Error:</strong> Invalid username, email address or incorrect password.' ) ); } $ignore_codes = array( 'empty_username', 'empty_password' ); if ( is_wp_error( $user ) && ! in_array( $user->get_error_code(), $ignore_codes, true ) ) { $error = $user; /** * Fires after a user login has failed. * * @since 2.5.0 * @since 4.5.0 The value of `$username` can now be an email address. * @since 5.4.0 The `$error` parameter was added. * * @param string $username Username or email address. * @param WP_Error $error A WP_Error object with the authentication failure details. */ do_action( 'wp_login_failed', $username, $error ); } return $user; } endif; if ( ! function_exists( 'wp_logout' ) ) : /** * Logs the current user out. * * @since 2.5.0 */