Thanks for response Shane. I did see that post, but even with button removed it still allows a user to compose a message and send to someone who isn’t a friend, hence why i was still searching.
I have already introduced a text limit on the compose field to discourage spamming, but it is only Javascript. So with Javascript turned off it is still possible to send big messages. Looking for the PHP validation database solution.
Guess I’ll weigh up the value of PM’s on my site (not live atm) against the possible annoyance of spam to users. Better to introduce PMs at a later date rather than have it initially, find a problem with spam annoying people in the community and then having to remove the feature.
Hi, this is the function code for message only friends
<?php
/*** beginning of the code to paste in your functions.php ***/
function neiji_pm_button_only_if_friends($button) {
if( is_super_admin() )
return $button;
if(‘is_friend’ != friends_check_friendship_status( bp_displayed_user_id(), bp_loggedin_user_id() ) )
return false;
else
return $button;
}
add_filter(‘bp_get_send_message_button’,’neiji_pm_button_only_if_friends’,10,1);
function neiji_fillfield_only_if_friends() {
if(empty($_GET[‘r’] ) )
return;
if( is_super_admin() )
return;
$path=esc_url($_SERVER[‘REQUEST_URI’] );
$redirect=bp_core_get_root_domain().$_SERVER[‘REDIRECT_URL’];
preg_match(‘/[\?r]*=*[“\’]?([^”\’]*)[\&]/is’,$path,$match);
if(!empty($match[1] ) ) {
$user_id=bp_core_get_userid($match[1] );
if(‘is_friend’!=friends_check_friendship_status($user_id, bp_loggedin_user_id() ) )
bp_core_redirect($redirect);
}
}
add_action(‘messages_screen_compose’,’neiji_fillfield_only_if_friends’);
/*** end of the code to paste in your functions.php ***/
?>
Hi @neijisly ,
Thank you for your response. I tried the function neiji_fillfield_only_if_friends() you posted above with a minor amendments to the last if statement condition (due to the ‘is_friend’ which i assume is something else you have in your functions.php?), but no luck. (I already have a function in place similar to your first remove button function).
From what i understand of your second function , it is meant to prevent the Message > Compose page loading and redirect if the users are not friends? (Correct me if I’m wrong). The issue I am having though is that when I am already on the Message > Compose page, I am still able to type in someone’s username and send a message to them even though they aren’t a friend.
Try to replace with this
function neiji_fillfield_only_if_friends() {
if( empty($_GET[‘r’] ) )
return;
if( is_super_admin() )
return;
$path = esc_url( $_SERVER[‘REQUEST_URI’] );
$redirect = bp_core_get_root_domain() . $_SERVER[‘REDIRECT_URL’];
preg_match(‘/[\?r] *= *[“\’]?([^”\’]*)[\&]/is’, $path, $match );
if( !empty( $match[1] ) ) {
$user_id = bp_core_get_userid( $match[1] );
if( ‘is_friend’ != friends_check_friendship_status( $user_id, bp_loggedin_user_id() ) )
bp_core_redirect( $redirect );
}
}
add_action( ‘messages_screen_compose’,’neiji_fillfield_only_if_friends’ );
Please use the code button when sharing code.
This should work – but could cause conflicts with other plugins.
And the message is the default fail message.
So you should at least hard-code a warning into the compose template.
// if not site admin, restrict PMs to friends
function pp_check_message_recipients( $message_info ) {
// site admins are not restricted
if ( is_super_admin() )
return $message_info;
$recipients = $message_info->recipients;
$friend_ids = friends_get_friend_user_ids( bp_displayed_user_id() );
$nf = 0;
foreach ( $recipients as $key => $recipient ) {
if ( ! in_array( $recipient->user_id, $friend_ids ) )
$nf++;
}
// if any recipients are not friends, remove everyone from the recipient's list
if ( $nf > 0 )
unset( $message_info->recipients );
return $message_info;
}
add_action( 'messages_message_before_save', 'pp_check_message_recipients' );
Hi @neijisly, I tried your updated code but had no success with it. Thank you for trying though!
Hi @shanebp, your code works great. Thank you! I don’t have any other plugins apart from BuddyBoss Global Search and BuddyBoss Edit Activity. So unless your code affects the functioning of another part of BuddyPress, then there shouldn’t be any conflicts.
While looking at messaging I have just noticed that Private Messages don’t send when you select a recipient via the autocomplete dropdown (get a failed message saying username is incorrect). However if you manually type out the same username, the message sends fine. I haven’t yet searched the forum on this matter though so there may already be a solution out there. I’ll have a look.
I want to add this function — Message Only for Friends — Like other Option for Users. How I can do?
Forgive me, I’m a noob… Where am I supposed to copy/paste that code?
Thanks for your help!
You could put it in your functions.php or in a plugins/bp-custom.php file.
The code above works to restrict private messages to to only friends, but the message the user gets if they try to message someone who is not a friend is:
“The message was not sent. Please try again later.”
Is there anyway to change this message to something like:
“Sorry, you can only message connections within your network”
