[wp-hackers] get_user_meta returning empty string

[Martin Widmann]

I think the behavior is correct. You tell the server that you want to get a single value, that's why you get an empty string when nothing matching your criteria can be returned instead of an array.

On 24.11.2010, at 17:11, Muro, Matthew wrote:

> Hey guys,
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> I'm using the get_user_meta function to grab the wp_capabilities of a user, but in some cases it's returning an empty string instead of an array.
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> Here's how I'm using the function:  get_user_meta( $current_user->ID, 'wp_capabilities', true );
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> Depending on the server, a successful response is something like array(1) { ["administrator"]=> string(1) "1" } or array(1) { ["administrator"]=> bool(true) }.  However, the cases where it fails returns this string(0) "".
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> According to the Codex, it should at least return the value I'm looking for.  What would cause get_user_meta to return an empty string?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Matthew Muro
> Web Developer
> UA Office of Web Communications
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