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Table of Contents

Getting a customer
Retrieving customer data
Updating a customer

The RCP_Customer class was released in version 3.0. It is used for getting and updating customer data. A customer is defined as a user who has (or has had) a Restrict Content Pro membership on your site.
Getting a customer
A customer object can be retrieved in a variety of ways.
By customer ID:
If you know the customer’s ID number, you can use the rcp_get_customer() function and pass in the ID number, like so:
$customer = rcp_get_customer( 123 );

By user ID number:
If you know the customer’s user ID number, you can use the rcp_get_customer_by_user_id() function and pass in the user ID number, like so:
$customer = rcp_get_customer_by_user_id( 44 );

If a customer cannot be found, the functions will return false.
Do not create a new instance of the RCP_Customer class manually.
Retrieving customer data
Once you have an RCP_Customer object, you can use it to retrieve information about the customer. Here’s a list of helper methods:

get_id()
Returns the customer’s ID number.
get_user_id()
Returns the ID number of the customer’s associated user account.
get_ips()
Returns an array of all known IP addresses of this customer.
get_notes()
Returns a string of notes associated with this customer.
get_memberships( $args = array() )
Returns an array of all memberships the customer has. Optionally, you can pass in an array of arguments to further filter the results. Any arguments from the rcp_get_memberships() function are permitted.
get_payments()
Returns an array of payments this customer submitted (payment objects).
is_pending_verification()
Returns true if the customer is pending email verification.

Other helper methods

has_trialed()
Returns true if the customer has used a free trial, false if not
has_active_membership()
Returns true if the customer has at least one active membership.
has_paid_membership()
Returns true if the customer has at least one active and paid membership
can_access( $post_id )
Pass in a post ID to determine if the customer has permission to view that post.
has_access_level( $access_level_needed = 0 )
Pass in an access level number (integer from 0 to 10) to determine if the customer has that access level or higher.
add_ip( $ip )
Use this method to add an IP address to the customer’s known IPs.
add_note( $note )
Add a new customer note.
verify_email()
Marks the customer as having verified their email address.

Updating a customer
You can also update customer data using the update() method and passing in an array of data to update. The following arguments are supported:

user_id (int) – ID of the associated user account.

date_registered (string) – Date the customer registered, in MySQL format.

email_verification (string) – Status of the user’s email verification. Accepted values are: none (verification was never required), pending (verification is required and not yet done), verified (verification was required and has been completed).

last_login (string) – Date the customer last logged in, in MySQL format.

ips (array) – Array of known IP addresses for this customer.

notes (string) – Notes about this customer.

Example:
$customer = rcp_get_customer( 123 );
$customer->update( array(
‘last_login’ => current_time( ‘mysql’ )
) );

Note: Although “notes” are supported when updating a customer, this will wipe out any existing notes. It’s recommended you use the $customer->add_note( ‘Your new note’ ) method if you wish to add a new note.