$this->userPreferences->get() failing

[crableybradtree]

I am calling $this->userPreferences->get() in my first game state after manager gameSetup on the PHP side. Intermittently it is not retrieving a value and only returns the empty string.

Do I need to wait on the PHP side for something to happen beyond transitioning to the first game state for userPreferences to be reliably available?

[Victoria_La]

How are you calling it? This works
$pref = (int) $this->userPreferences->get($player_id, $code);

[crableybradtree]

I did not have the cast to integer before the call. I will give that a try. Thanks.