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Charitable_User

The Charitable_User class allows you to get access to information about a particular user.

Charitable_User is a sub-class of WP_User.

Getting an instance of Charitable_User

Given a user ID, you can retrieve a Charitable_User instance in one of two ways:

$user_id = 123;

// Get instance from cache
$user = charitable_get_user( $user_id );

// Direct instantiation
$user = new Charitable_User( $user_id );

The advantage of using charitable_get_user is that it uses the object cache to retain the instance of Charitable_User.

Properties

Charitable_User has access to all the same properties as WP_User:

https://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_User

Methods

get_donor_id()

Returns the donor ID for this user. If this user has never donated, this will return false.

get_donor()

This returns a single record from the wp_charitable_donor table for the donor.

is_donor()

This returns whether the user is a donor.

is_verified()

This returns whether the user has verified their email address.

mark_as_verified( $verified )

This sets whether the user’s account is verified.

Params
$verified
Boolean. Whether the user’s account is verified.

get_email()

Returns the user’s email address.

get_name()

Returns the user’s full name. Note that if the user has not supplied a first name, only the last name will be returned; and vice versa.

get_first_name()

Returns the user’s first name.

get_last_name()

Returns the user’s last name.

get_location()

Returns the user’s location.

If available, this will show the user’s city, followed by their country; if a city is not set, it will show the user’s state, followed by their country. If neither a city nor state is shown, this will return the user’s country.

If no country is set, just the city or state will be shown.

get_address( $donation_id = '' )

Returns the printable address of the user. If a donation id is specified, this will return the address used for the donation.

Params
$donation_id
Optional. If set, this will return the address for the donation. Otherwise, this will return the address stored in the donor’s profile.

get_donations( $distinct_donations = false)

This will return an array of all donations made by the user.

Params
$distinct_donations
Boolean. If true, this will only show unique donations.

count_donations( $distinct_donations = false)

This returns the number of donations made by the donor.

Params
$distinct_donations
Boolean. If true, this will only count unique donations.

count_campaigns_supported()

This returns the number of campaigns to which the user has donated.

get_total_donated( $campaign_id = false )

Returns the total amount donated by the user, or the total donated to a particular campaign by the user.

Params:
$campaign_id
Optional. If set, this will only get the total amount donated by the donor to the given campaign. By default, this is set to false.

get_avatar( $size = 100 )

Returns the HTML to display the donor’s avatar. By default, this will return the Gravatar associated with the donor’s email address.

Params
$size
Optional. Sets the width & height of the avatar to return. By default, the avatar is returned with a width and height of 100px.

get_avatar_src( $size = 100 )

Returns the image source file of the avatar.

Params
$size
Optional. Sets the width & height of the avatar to return. By default, the avatar is returned with a width and height of 100px.

get_campaigns( $args = array() )

Returns a WP_Query object with all campaigns created by the donor.

Params
$args
Optional. Additional arguments to be passed to WP_Query.

get_current_campaigns( $args = array() )

Returns a WP_Query object with all campaigns created by the donor that are currently active.

Params
$args
Optional. Additional arguments to be passed to WP_Query.

has_current_campaigns()

Returns whether the donor has any current campaigns.

get_activity( $args = array() )

Returns a WP_Query object with all donations and campaigns created by the donor, ordered by date.

Params
$args
Optional. Additional arguments to be passed to WP_Query.

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