$user

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User Properties

$user->email

Description

Get or set email address for this user.

Echoing the current user's email address:

echo $user->email;

Changing the user's email address and saving that change:

setOutputFormatting(false) is required when editing data in a user's fields.

$email = $sanitizer->email("myname@processwire.com"); // Returns blank if address is invalid
if (!empty($email)) {
    $item = $users->get('myname');
    $item->setOutputFormatting(false);
    $item->email = $email;
    $users->save($item);
} else {
    // Display an error because their email address was invalid
}
									

Related

• $users
• $users->find("selector")
• $users->get(name|id|selector)
• $users->add("name")
• $users->save($user)
• $users->delete($user)
• $user
• $user->id
• $user->roles
• $user->isGuest()
• $user->isSuperuser()
• $user->isLoggedin()
• $user->get($property)
• $user->set($property, $value)
• $user->save()
• $user->hasRole($role)
• $user->addRole($role)
• $user->removeRole($role)
• $user->hasPermission($permission)
• $user->hasPermission($permission, $page)
• $sanitizer->username($value)
• $config->dbUser
• $config->userAuthHashType
• $config->userAuthSalt
• $config->usersPageID
• $config->guestUserPageID
• $config->superUserPageID
• $config->guestUserRolePageID
• $config->superUserRolePageID
• $config->userTemplateID
• $page->created
• $page->createdUser
• $user->pass
• created=timestamp
• created_users_id=int
• $page->modified
• $page->modifiedUser
• $user->name
• modified=timestamp
• modified_users_id=int