How to check if a user exists?

[cjx2240]

This must be really simple, I don't know what I'm doing wrong

I'm trying to create a simple import for users, but it's not working. I want to check if they exist already, because I'll update their details if they do, and create them if they don't.

Can someone tell me why this is returning true for $users->get("username") when the user definitely doesn't exist? I have tried various combos, with or without quotes, using "name=", but that shouldn't matter because it should be returning false either way....

Truthfully I think you're going to point out something really stupid/basic logic I'm missing which I'm blaming on sleep deprivation

$users = wire('users');
foreach($newusers as $newuser) {
    if($users->get("$newuser->userid")) {
        echo $newuser->userid." already exists<br>";
    } else {
        // create the user
    }
}

Edit:

Why is it I frequently work these things out minutes after asking on here... ?

The answer is that $users->get(name) returns a PageArray object regardless of whether it matches a user. You have to check if that user has an ID or such instead.

[flydev]

Hi @cjx2240

I am pretty sure that your $user->get() call return an NullPage, and that is what confuse you.

Try this :  

if($users->get("$newuser->userid")->id) {
   // user exist
} else {
  // user DO NOT exist
}