get_userdata() doesn't include meta values in 'data' property

[beautomated]

The following code worked in v3.2.1 and broke in v3.3. The custom meta value for "company" is empty, returning 'N/A' instead of what it should be: 'ABC Corporation'.

update_user_meta(get_current_user_id(), 'company', 'ABC Corporation');

$users = get_users(array('role' => 'administrator'));
foreach ($users as $user) {

$user = get_userdata($user->ID);
$company = (property_exists($user, 'company') && ($val = $user->company)) ? $val : 'N/A';
echo "You work for {$company}<br />";

}

[scribu]

If you use isset( $user->company ), it will work and be compatible with both WP 3.2 and 3.3.

For more info, see #15458

[beautomated]

Thanks, Otto. This solution did work for two of our client projects. Note that I'm not comfortable with the notion of "Magic" properties, nor changes in the API without deprecation. I don't think any hidden properties are helpful to developers who don't already know about them. Nevertheless, I really appreciate the help and it did work for us. Thank you.

[scribu]

You're welcome, but I'm not Otto. :P