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Hi all,

is there a function in the API of bp which returns a bool to see, if a search is active in the members loop? I found some piece in a plugin, dont remember where, which I just dont understand. It works, but takes some time – so not sure if there’s a better way:

$request = bp_ps_get_request('search');
$request_keys = array_keys($request);
if (!empty($request_keys)) {
    $valid = bp_ps_search($request); 
    if ($valid['validated']) {
        // Search is active...
        
    }
}

Apart from that:
I know I can change the maximum displayed members in the loop, but is there also a function which directly limits the number of returned members within the search itself to a maximum number?

Thanks