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[Resolved] List of user friends as options in dropdown box

  • Participant
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    Nitin Shah on #43325

    On a site I am working on, I am using Formidable forms and BuddyPress together. In the formidable forms, there is a field type user id that displays a list of all registered users in a dropdown. I would like to filter the list of users to only include the buddypress friends of the user filling the form. I thought I can use friends_get_friend_user_ids( bp_loggedin_user_id() ); to filter the list but I am not sure I am doing it correctly.

    The code below works perfectly to filter the users in the dropdown to those who have the user role “author”. I need help to modify this to filter so that user friends are listed instead of authors.

    add_filter('frm_setup_new_fields_vars', 'show_user_dropdown', 15, 2);
    add_filter('frm_setup_edit_fields_vars', 'show_user_dropdown', 15, 3);
    function show_user_dropdown($values, $field, $entry_id=false){
    if( $field->id == 898 ){
    $values['type'] = 'select';
    $values['use_key'] = true;
    $values['custom_html'] = FrmFieldsHelper::get_default_html('select');
    $wp_user_search = new WP_User_Query( array( 'role' => 'author', 'fields' => array('user_login', 'ID') ) );
    $authors = $wp_user_search->get_results();
    $values['options'] = array();
    foreach ($authors as $a) {
    $values['options'][$a->ID] = $a->user_login; } }
    return $values; }

    The buddypress function that I should use for getting a list of friends of users I think is: friends_get_friend_user_ids( bp_loggedin_user_id() );

    So I tried by modifying the about code in the following manner:

    add_filter('frm_setup_new_fields_vars', 'show_user_dropdown', 15, 2);
    add_filter('frm_setup_edit_fields_vars', 'show_user_dropdown', 15, 3);
    function show_user_dropdown($values, $field, $entry_id=false){
    if( $field->id == 173 ){
    $values['type'] = 'select';
    $values['use_key'] = true;
    $values['custom_html'] = FrmFieldsHelper::get_default_html('select');
    $friend_ids = friends_get_friend_user_ids(1);
    $values['options'] = array();
    foreach ($friend_ids as $a) {
    $values['options'][$a->ID] = $a->ID; } }
    return $values; }

  • Participant
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    Nitin Shah on #43326

    I am not able to edit the above post, so posting a slight correction here, the $field->id == 173 for both the codes. That represents the field id of the user field in formidable.

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    Posts: 24149
    Brajesh Singh on #43331

    Hi Nitin,
    You are using correct function for fetching friends. The “friends_get_friend_user_ids” will give an array.

    We lack experience with Formidable Form. I will suggest posting on their forum to get assistance.

    Regards
    Brajesh

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    Nitin Shah on #43337

    Thank you for confirming that the function I am using is correct. I have requested help on the formidable support as well and am waiting for a response from them. Meanwhile just to know my understanding of how the functions and array work, does this much part of the code look right to you?

    $friend_ids = friends_get_friend_user_ids( bp_loggedin_user_id() );
    $values['options'] = array();
    foreach ($friend_ids as $a) {
    $values['options'][$a->ID] = $a->ID; } }
    return $values;

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    Posts: 18
    Nitin Shah on #43338

    I have got this to work. Here is the code for anyone else who may come looking for it:

    add_filter('frm_setup_new_fields_vars', 'show_user_dropdown', 15, 2);
    add_filter('frm_setup_edit_fields_vars', 'show_user_dropdown', 15, 3);
    function show_user_dropdown($values, $field, $entry_id=false){

    if( $field->id == 173 ){ // replace 173 with the field id for the user id field in the form
    $values['type'] = 'select';
    $values['use_key'] = true;
    $values['custom_html'] = FrmFieldsHelper::get_default_html('select');
    $user_id = get_current_user_id();
    $friend_ids = friends_get_friend_user_ids( $user_id );
    $values['options'] = array();
    foreach ($friend_ids as $friend_id) {
    $friend = get_user_by('id', $friend_id);
    $values['options'][$friend->ID] = $friend->user_login; } }
    return $values; }

  • Keymaster
    (BuddyDev Team)
    Posts: 24149
    Brajesh Singh on #43342

    Hi Nitin,

    Thank you for sharing. It’s good to know that you were able to resolve it.

    Regards
    Brajesh

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