Do you know if it’s possible to show the number of pending friend requests, just the way it shows up on the Friends nav-bar? I just want to print this number somewhere else, beside the Friends nav-bar. [e.g. Requests(x)]

I tried to replicate what the “friends_setup_nav” function does (http://bp-dev.org/phpxref/bp-friends.php.source.html#l65) but I couldn’t make it work.

Any help would be much appreciated!

[@rogercoathup Participant 15 years, 2 months ago]

Use the function: bp_friend_total_requests_count()

It’s in the file bp-friends-templatetags.php

[@jimhellas Member 15 years, 2 months ago]

Thanks a lot Roger! It worked like a charm I knew it was simple, but I couldn’t find the right function.

[@rogercoathup Participant 15 years, 2 months ago]

@jimhellas – yes, I find myself using “find in files” a lot in my editor

Finding time to write sections on the API in the documentation is step 2!

[@iamsincere Participant 15 years, 1 month ago]

ok , i have a similar question, how can i use an if statement to show if a request is pending? like, this:

if (bp_is_friends() )
//then this
else if ( -this is the pending part )
// pending
else
// this 

how would i do that? i bet tis waaaay more simple than im guessing lol

[@msullens88 Member 14 years, 7 months ago]

@murasaki – this is the code I used to show either “(3) Friends” or just “Friends” based on how many requests that users has on there profile page.

<li><a href=&quot;/members/user_login; ?>/friends">Friends</a></li>

<li><a href=&quot;/members/user_login; ?>/friends"><span style="font-weight:bold">()</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;Friends</a></li>

and you can do the same thing with Messages

<li><a href=&quot;/members/user_login; ?>/messages/inbox">Messages</a></li>

<li><a href=&quot;/members/user_login; ?>/messages/inbox"><span style="font-weight:bold">()</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;Messages</a></li>

hope this helps.