Hi,

I’m trying to validate the URL provided by members in an xprofile field ‘Website’ and need some help please.

The xprofile data is retrieved with:

bp_member_profile_data( ‘field=Website’ )

What I’m trying to do is create a link to the member’s website using this data, however some users enter the http:// bit and some don’t. I’ve tried a simple pregmatch php to look for ‘http://’ and then apply rules accordingly, but I can’t get it to work with bp_member_profile_data( ‘field=Website’ ).

The link I’m trying to achieve is actually working in the main BP profile loop. I tried to see how it was done there and I came across this somewhat confusing function in bp-xprofile-filters.php:

function xprofile_filter_link_profile_data( $field_value, $field_type = ‘textbox’ ) {
if ( ‘datebox’ == $field_type )
return $field_value;

if ( !strpos( $field_value, ‘,’ ) && ( count( explode( ‘ ‘, $field_value ) ) > 5 ) )
return $field_value;

$values = explode( ‘,’, $field_value );

if ( $values ) {
foreach ( (array)$values as $value ) {
$value = trim( $value );

/* If the value is a URL, skip it and just make it clickable. */
if ( preg_match( ‘@(https?/([-w.]+)+(:d+)?(/([w/_.]*(?S+)?)?)?)@’, $value ) ) {
$new_values[] = make_clickable( $value );
} else {
if ( count( explode( ‘ ‘, $value ) ) > 5 )
$new_values[] = $value;
else
$new_values[] = ‘‘ . $value . ‘‘;
}
}

$values = implode( ‘, ‘, $new_values );
}

return $values;
}

Any tips would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Dunc

[@sannymedia Participant 14 years, 1 month ago]

After searching Google for hours I found your post, and was happy at least someone had the same issue.
Have you found a solution?
–> I found the same file and I have exactly the same issue –> and even though I added a text on my registration page right after that profile field to please add the http:// , many users still just type in www
–> hence their website link becomes a mixture of my mainblog and their address and their link doesn’t work, due to the this part I guess
in the “else” where the Members Slug is added. (I was thinking of just removing it, but I’m not sure)

I am not a developer and on my journey I found a solution in order to get rid of all profile links which didn’t make sense either but the issue with the website still remains. Maybe you found a solution and you can share it? I’d be really thankful.

Here is what I found in order to get rid of the profile links, thanks to Jeff Sayre:
1) add a file named bp-custom.php just to your plugins folder
2 ) with the content that I can’t insert here unfortunately but from the first post of Jeff Sayre on this link:
https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/how-to-get-rid-of-autolinking-on-profile-fields/?topic_page=2&num=15

That did it for me!
Bye
Sanny

[@dvize Participant 13 years, 11 months ago]

this works for me
`
<a href="http://”&gt;
`