# How to find a single user based on a column

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**Created:** [December 18, 2016, 6:50pm UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/how-to-find-a-single-user-based-on-a-column/1756 "2016-12-18T18:50:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![mehdim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/53a042/32.png) [@mehdim](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/mehdim)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2016, 6:50pm UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/how-to-find-a-single-user-based-on-a-column/1756/1 "2016-12-18T18:50:10Z")

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How How to find a single user based on a column in cakephp3 .  
Thanks

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**Author:** ![JohnWayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a698b9/32.png) [@JohnWayne](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/JohnWayne)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 4:07pm UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/how-to-find-a-single-user-based-on-a-column/1756/2 "2016-12-19T16:07:59Z")

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if you mean in query you can use  
-\>findByUser($user\_name)

findBy(ColumnName)($variable\_with\_user\_name)