BuddyPress

Hi, I’ve read about the changes for the BP 1.5 plugins.

I have a WP plugin that I would like to extend for BuddyPress. The only functions I would like for it is add BP notifications for some events.

1) do we need to extend the BP_Component for every plugin, or just for complex components ?
I my case, should I do it ?

2) Guess I’ll have to do it. Then my 2nd question : I did a test and wasn’t able to make it work.
Seems that the child class do not runs the function “includes”. It work if I run it manually; but then

3) my plugin’s global “notification_callback” is empty. The function exists. though. Guess this is related with the previous thing. But even if I try

$bp->query_subscribe = new BP_Query_Subscribe();
	//TO FIX SHOULD RUN AUTOMATICALLY
	$bp->query_subscribe->includes();
	$bp->query_subscribe->bp_query_subscribe_format_notifications='bp_query_subscribe_format_notifications';

my notifications are not displayed (but they are recorded in the sql tables).

Could someone give me some advices ? Also, it would be wonderful to update the bp-skeleton-plugin !

http://pastie.org/2484801

1) No, you don’t have to use BP_Component, but if you can, you probably should. It’s so much easier than trying to figure out which hooks to use. If you don’t need a particular method for your plugin (because it doesn’t have any navigation elements, for instance), just don’t include that method.

2) There seems to be a bug in the way the includes() method works for plugins. For the moment, I recommend that you include your files manually.

3) You need to call the $bp global before instantiating your class.

global $bp;
$bp->query_subscribe = new BP_Query_Subscribe();

Like this ?
Still have a problem for the format notifications function.. Thanks !

function bp_query_subscribe_init(){
	global $bp;
	if ( !isset( $bp->query_subscribe ) ){
		$bp->query_subscribe = new BP_Query_Subscribe();
		//TO FIX SHOULD RUN AUTOMATICALLY
		$bp->query_subscribe->includes();

		print_r($bp->query_subscribe);

	}
}
bp_query_subscribe_init();

The reason why you’re not seeing the callback when you print is because the component class isn’t fully initialized at the time when you’re adding yourself to $bp. Try this:

function bp_query_subscribe_init(){
	global $bp;

	if ( !isset( $bp->query_subscribe ) ){
		$bp->query_subscribe = new BP_Query_Subscribe();
	}
}
add_action( 'bp_loaded', 'bp_query_subscribe_init' );

function bp_query_test() {
	global $bp;
	var_dump( $bp->query_subscribe );
}
add_action( 'bp_init', 'bp_query_test', 999 );

As for includes, you will need to do your own manual include() for now. Don’t use BP_Component::includes().

Ok; this DOES print the callback, thanks for the explanation !
Still; I don’t get my notifications….

function bp_query_subscribe_format_notifications( $action, $item_id, $secondary_item_id, $total_items, $format = 'string' ) {
die();

Do not die…
I have notifications in my sql table; and the function IS included

Just to be clear, the notification function is a callback – you shouldn’t be calling it directly. Use bp_core_add_notification(). See bp-groups-notifications.php for an example of how it works.