updateUser (function)

Purpose

Updates a single piece of user data

Location

users/helpers/users.php

Version Information

First Introduced

v2.5.0

Parameters

#	Parameter	Data Type	Required	Description
1	$column	string	Yes	The column you wish to update
2	$id	int	Yes	The id of the user whose data you wish to update
3	$value	string, int	Yes	The data you wish to put into that column

Returns

Data Type	Description of Returned Data
other	Returns the result from the database query

Example

updateUser('email',1,'bob@aol.com')

Further Documentation:

WARNING: This is a legacy function not suited for direct user input on the $column variable as it is unbound. There is really no reason to use this function, but if you do, please make sure that you have whitelisted the column name you will be updating.

Updates a single column of a single user on the users table. Returns the full database response including errors