No user first_name or last_name available

I’m writing a plugin that adds an action at the user_register hook. The function gets passed the new user’s ID, but the user’s first_name and last_name properties are not defined. Other WP user’s don’t seem to have this problem, so I’m wondering if this is connected to something s2Member is doing.

function do_stuff($user_id) {

$new_user = get_userdata($user_id);

$first_name1 = $new_user->user_firstname;
$last_name1 = $new_user->user_lastname;
echo $first_name1 . $last_name1 ;
//returns nothing

$first_name2 = $new_user-first_name;
$last_name2 = $new_user->last_name;
echo $first_name2 . $last_name2 ;
//returns nothing

}
add_action(“register_user”, “do_stuff”);

I also tried this:

$user_meta = get_user_meta( $new_user->ID );
var_dump($user_meta);

and I got this (last_name and first_name are empty even though they’re defined in the user’s profile when I check as an admin):

array(11) { [“wp_user_level”]=> array(1) { [0]=> string(1) “0” } [“show_admin_bar_front”]=> array(1) { [0]=> string(4) “true” } [“wp_capabilities”]=> array(1) { [0]=> string(32) “a:1:{s:10:”subscriber”;s:1:”1″;}” } [“use_ssl”]=> array(1) { [0]=> string(1) “0” } [“admin_color”]=> array(1) { [0]=> string(5) “fresh” } [“comment_shortcuts”]=> array(1) { [0]=> string(5) “false” } [“rich_editing”]=> array(1) { [0]=> string(4) “true” } [“description”]=> array(1) { [0]=> string(0) “” } [“nickname”]=> array(1) { [0]=> string(7) “emerson” } [“last_name”]=> array(1) { [0]=> string(0) “” } [“first_name”]=> array(1) { [0]=> string(0) “” } }

Hi Brett.

I’m not familiar with this, so I can’t really say. Do you have the same behavior if you deactivate s2Member to test this?

Thanks for the response. I’m still debugging this but I don’t think it is a result of a plugin conflict after all. I think the user has no first_name or last_name property at the time when that hook fires.

Oh, I see, they were not filled out. I thought you had tested it with a user with first and last names.

Okay, let us know how it goes with the hack. :)