Here is a simple solution. You will need to add following lines to your theme’s functions.php or bp-custom.php
`
/**
*
* @param int $to_id the user id to whom we plan to send the message
* @param string $subject : if you want to specifuy a predefined subject
* @param string $message: any predefined message
* @return string: link for sending message
*/
function bp_custom_get_send_private_message_link($to_id,$subject=false,$message=false) {
//if user is not logged, do not prepare the link
if ( !is_user_logged_in() )
return false;
$compose_url=bp_loggedin_user_domain() . bp_get_messages_slug() . ‘/compose/?’;
if($to_id)
$compose_url.=(‘r=’ . bp_core_get_username( $to_id ));
if($subject)
$compose_url.=(‘&subject=’.$subject);
if($message)
$compose_url.=(“&content=”.$message);
return wp_nonce_url( $compose_url ) ;
}
//for auto populating message content
add_filter(‘bp_get_messages_content_value’,’bp_custom_message_content_value’);
function bp_custom_message_content_value($content){
if(!empty ($content))
return $content;
$content=$_REQUEST[‘content’];
return $content;
}
//for auto populating message subject
add_filter(‘bp_get_messages_subject_value’,’bp_custom_get_messages_subject_value’);
function bp_custom_get_messages_subject_value($subject){
if(!empty($subject))
return $subject;
$subject=$_REQUEST[‘subject’];
return $subject;
}
`
and then, you can use following in your code to send the user with id:2 a message as
`
<a href="”>Send Message to xyz
`
hope that helps.
