Search custom field by name

Question

if I want to get a value of a custom field, now I have to use custom_xx, like this:

$result = civicrm_api3('Contact', 'getvalue', [
   'return' => "custom_11",
   'id' => 123,
]);

As return I'd like to use the name of field (civicrm_custom_field.name) instead of id. Is it possibile?

Thanks.

Answer 1

You can use api 4 if you want to use as the name

$contacts = civicrm_api4('Contact', 'get', [
  'select' => [
    'constituent_information.Most_Important_Issue',
  ],
  'where' => [
    ['id', '=', 123],
  ],
]);