how do you get current userid in wordpress

Question

Hi have a simple php file in my wordpress site, where I need the current userid I have tried the following, but keep getting

Call to undefined function get_current_user_id()

<?php 
   include '../../mydbfile.php';
   global $wpdb;
   // get current user ID, with default value, if empty
   $current_user_id = get_current_user_id();
   error_log('current_user_id '.$current_user_id);

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15304926/how-to-include-wordpress-functions-in-custom-php-file — Howard E, Apr 22 '22 at 20:43

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 23 '22 at 13:26

You need to include wp-load.php to call the global $wpdb

<?php

require_once($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/wp-load.php');

global $wpdb;
// get current user ID, with default value, if empty
$current_user_id = get_current_user_id();
error_log('current_user_id '.$current_user_id);

This has been tested and works.

how do you get current userid in wordpress

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