Unable to get current WordPress user information outside `wp-content`

Question

I have created a file in some directory outside wp-content where I load the default WordPress file to run the following code. Lets say the file can be accessed using domain.com/folder/user_info.php .

error_reporting(E_ALL);
ini_set('display_errors', 1);

require_once(__DIR__."/../wp-load.php");
require_once(__DIR__."/../wp-config.php");

$connection = new mysqli(DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASSWORD, DB_NAME);
var_dump(wp_get_current_user());

When file is placed here, the output is:

object(WP_User)#2555 (8) { ["data"]=> object(stdClass)#3303 (0) { } ["ID"]=> int(0) ["caps"]=> array(0) { } ["cap_key"]=> NULL ["roles"]=> array(0) { } ["allcaps"]=> array(0) { } ["filter"]=> NULL ["site_id":"WP_User":private]=> int(0) } 

When I place the same file inside wp-content and access it using domain.com/wp-content/user_info.php , I can get the information about the current user just fine.

The problem is that I don't want to put my own files inside wp-content . So, is there any way to get the information of logged in user outside the wp-content directory?

Thanks.

UPDATE:

This is my directory structure:

domain/
    wp-content/
        user_info.php
    wp-includes/
    wp-admin/
    custom-folder/
        user_info.php

The code is exactly the same in both user_info files. However, the file inside wp-content prints the user information but the file inside custom-folder does not.

Answer 1

I test your code, and it's working fine on my end.

Try the alternate:

ini_set('display_errors', 1);

require_once(__DIR__."/../wp-load.php");
require_once(__DIR__."/../wp-config.php");

$connection = new mysqli(DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASSWORD, DB_NAME);

global $current_user;
var_dump($current_user);