[lonecrowdotnet]

Not sure if this is the right place for this question but…

I noticed that bp_members() returns a completely different member object then
bp_group_members(“group_id=3”)

With bp_members() you get access to things like:
bp_member_profile_data( ‘field=Name of contact’ )

Which don’t exist at all with bp_group_members()

Wouldn’t the better approach be to have a single member class. Then the method you use to retrieve a collection of that class wouldn’t matter at all.

Or maybe I am just doing it wrong. Is there a way to get “bp_members() ” to only return members of a given group? Say for example: bp_members(“group_id=3”)

?

[lonecrowdotnet]

Has anyone ever produced a class diagram for BuddyPress?

[Paul Wong-Gibbs]

The first part of a function’s name are for function namespacing. bp_group_ is in the Groups component, and bp_members_ is in the core component (renamed to the Members component for 1.3).

[lonecrowdotnet]

Thanks for the comment. But how does that explain the fact the there are two different functions that both return collections of members; but that each function returns a different member class with different fields/properties available?

Is this a purposeful design pattern common to PHP or WordPress apps? or is it just a product of open source development and the lack of an over riding design model?