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Sorry code I posted back was outdated.

<?php
$bpProfileField = xprofile_get_field_data( 'Services Required', $user_id_from_email, $multi_format = 'comma' );
if ( empty ( $bpProfileField) ):
?>
<div class="profile_fields"><b>Services Provided:</b> <span><?php bp_member_profile_data( 'field=Services Provided' , $user_id_from_email ) ?></span></div>
<?php else: ?>
<p><b>Services Required:</b> <?php echo $bpProfileField; ?></p>
<?php endif; ?>
<br>

Thanks for the reply Shane. My apologies for the delay in responding myself but I just got back on working on this issue this weekend here.

One field I am working on right now involves displaying either Services Required or Services Provided as you can see in the code below. Depending on the type of user you are will determine which field you have filled in thus which field will display on the user profile. Unfortunately my PHP is pretty weak thus the foreach loop you mentioned has me scratching my head. The code below does what I want with the exception of it displaying horizontally instead of vertically. I am hoping you would be able to give me some detailed direction in what way to go for the PHP challenged guy that I am lol.

<?php
$bpProfileField = xprofile_get_field_data( 'Services Required', $user_id_from_email, $multi_format = 'comma' );
if ( empty ( $bpProfileField) ):
?>
<div class="profile_fields"><b>Services Provided:</b> <span><?php bp_profile_field_data( 'field=Services Provided' );?></span></div>
<?php else: ?>
<p><b>Services Required:</b> <?php echo $bpProfileField; ?></p>
<?php endif; ?>

When you update an profile field, it is first deleted, then re-created. I’m sure of that, after looking the BuddyPress code.

Why the BuddyPress works like this ? How to prevent this issue, to keep the same ID when the field is updated ?

I just realise that I didn’t say Hi, to the community! Mistake fixed! I’m sorry.

Well well. I finally found, and I’m surprised the answer didn’t come from this thread.

It is quite simple, in fact. Just need to use the function:

xprofile_set_field_data($field, $member-id,  $value);

So, with a simple form sending those three values, one can update a single field anywhere. As I wanted to let members update their fields directly from their member profile ( without using the very bad and obscure edit.php ), I put a form and the function in the member-header.php

My form and function updates three fields.

Here is the function, somewhere in the member-header.php file:

<?php
function updatedemo() {
    $id = $_POST['id-member'];
    $liendemo = $_POST['liendemo'];
    $champdemo = $_POST['champdemo'];
    $titre = $_POST['titre'];
    $champtitre = $_POST['champtitre'];
    $description = $_POST['description'];
    $champdescription = $_POST['champdescription'];

    xprofile_set_field_data($champdemo, $id,  $liendemo);
    xprofile_set_field_data($champdescription, $id,  $description);
    xprofile_set_field_data($champtitre, $id,  $titre);
}
if(isset($_POST['submit']))
{
    updatedemo();
    
}
?>

And here is the form:

<?php if ( bp_is_my_profile() ) { ?>
	<form method="post" action="<?php bp_displayed_user_link(); ?>">

	<?php if ( xprofile_get_field_data('25') == "" ) { ?>
		<img src="http://www.cinemacontact.com/fr/images/form-demo-01.jpg"><br>

	<?php }; if ( !xprofile_get_field_data('25') == "" ) { ?>
		<img src="http://www.cinemacontact.com/fr/images/form-demo-01-1.jpg"><br>
	<?php }; ?>

		<img src="http://www.cinemacontact.com/fr/images/form-demo-02.jpg"><br><input type="text" name="titre" size="40"><br>
		<img src="http://www.cinemacontact.com/fr/images/form-demo-03.jpg"><br><input type="text" name="liendemo" size="80"><br>
		<img src="http://www.cinemacontact.com/fr/images/form-demo-04.jpg"><br>
		<img src="http://www.cinemacontact.com/fr/images/form-demo-05.jpg"><br>
		<textarea style="width:400px; height:75px;" name="description"></textarea>
		
		<input type="hidden" name="champdemo" value="lien-4">
		<input type="hidden" name="champdescription" value="description-4">
		<input type="hidden" name="champtitre" value="titre-4">
		<input type="hidden" name="id-member" value="<?php echo bp_loggedin_user_id(); ?>"><br>
		<input type="submit" value="Envoyer" name="submit">
	</form>
	<?php }; ?></h3>

And this actually works.

Maybe I didn’t ask correctly at the beginning of the thread. All I wanted to know was:
« Oh, Martin, there is, indeed, a function to update xprofile fields: xprofile_set_field_data(), don’t need to start with edit.php file. »

🙂

@Jobster123: I’m afraid I don’t understand what you mean.

The success of a directory does not depend on unique content but on whether you can entice users to register profiles. In addition, the success of the directory depends on how easy it is for visitors to search the directory and find the user profiles that fulfils their need. This means that a directory system needs to be easy to use for users who want to register but who aren’t computer literate or who don’t have time to figure out how to beautify their profiles beyond that which is necessary.

Of course, it would be great if Google could index the directory, but the strength of the directory lies not in the “description” field of each profile page, but in the way all the factual fields have been set up… because those are the things that visitors will search.

Samuel (ugcheleuce)

@danbp Thank you man, this is amazing!

It didn’t do exactly what i wanted, so i made a couple of tweaks. I changed the filter so the messages were added to the profile only, not the member header meta. I also made the statement into elseif, with an array, so it would do what i needed it to, ie show up only if both fields were empty. Here’s my code. It is probably a bit messy, but it does the trick:

function bpfr_my_message_on_profile () {	
	
        if ( bp_is_my_profile()) :
	
	if ( !$data = bp_get_profile_field_data( 'field=About' ) ) : 
	
	echo '<p class="enter-info">Please tell the community a little bit about yourself by filling out the form on the edit tab above.</p>';	
	
	elseif ( !$data = bp_get_profile_field_data(array( field=>'vimeo',field=>'youtube') ) ) : 
	
	echo '<p class="enter-info">There is nothing here! Spruce up your profile by adding content via the edit tab above.</p>';
	endif;
	endif;
}
add_filter( 'bp_before_profile_content', 'bpfr_my_message_on_profile' );

Thanks for all your help. You rock!