[Mike Stumpf]

Hello,

I am trying to make a simple function to filter out “bad” group names and names that are already taken, similar to the filtering done when creating a group blog, but I cannot make sense of the BuddyPress-specific pieces of the code.

I have the files I probably need narrowed down to:

…/wp-content/themes/cbox-theme/groups/create.php (for inserting the function call)
&
…/wp-content/themes/cbox-theme/groups/groups-loop.php (for using the methods for retrieving groups, like on the Group Directory page)

I am stuck on finding where exactly in the code the group is being created and making sense of calls like: ” do_action( ‘bp_after_group_details_creation_step’ );” in create.php.

Currently, when groups are created with the same name, the second group has a “-” and a string of number appended to it.  I cannot find where this is happening in the code either.

 

Can anybody help me with this?

 

Here is what I have of the function so far:

// Validate new group name
function group_name_check($groupNameToCheck)
{
while (bp_groups() ) : bp_the_group();
if(bp_get_group_name() = $groupNameToCheck)
{
$error = "something here"
}
endif;
return $error;
endwhile;
}


• This topic was modified 11 years, 3 months ago by Mike Stumpf.

[Ray]

Hi Mike,

I just took a look at this and it appears that BuddyPress doesn’t allow plugin devs to filter the group slug.

It just checks for any existing group slug or forbidden slug and if that happens, a random number is appended to prevent duplicate slugs.

A filter needs to be added to groups_check_slug() to do what you want to do.

I can think of a workaround, but it would be very messy and involve hooking into a bunch of actions.  Probably best to wait for a filter.

[Mike Stumpf]

Thank you, this was exactly what I needed.  My solution, if anyone is interested, is that I changed the groups_check_slug($slug) function in:

…/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-groups/bp-groups-functions.php

 

function groups_check_slug( $slug ) {

global $bp;

 

if ( 'wp' == substr( $slug, 0, 2 ) )

$slug = substr( $slug, 2, strlen( $slug ) - 2 );

 

if ( in_array( $slug, (array) $bp->groups->forbidden_names )) {

bp_core_add_message( __( 'Sorry, that group name is reserved.  Please try again.', 'buddypress' ), 'error' );

 

bp_core_redirect( bp_get_root_domain() . '/' . bp_get_groups_root_slug() . '/create/step/' . bp_get_groups_current_create_step() . '/' );

 

}

if ( BP_Groups_Group::check_slug( $slug ) ) {

do {

bp_core_add_message( __( 'Sorry, that group name is already taken. Please try again.', 'buddypress' ), 'error' );

 

bp_core_redirect( bp_get_root_domain() . '/' . bp_get_groups_root_slug() . '/create/step/' . bp_get_groups_current_create_step() . '/' );

 

}

while ( BP_Groups_Group::check_slug( $slug ) );

}

 

return $slug;

}

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