BP_Activity_Activity::get( array $args = array() )

Get activity items, as specified by parameters.

Description

See also

Parameters

$args

(Optional) An array of arguments. All items are optional.

  • 'page'
    (int) Which page of results to fetch. Using page=1 without per_page will result in no pagination. Default: 1.
  • 'per_page'
    (int|bool) Number of results per page. Default: 25.
  • 'max'
    (int|bool) Maximum number of results to return. Default: false (unlimited).
  • 'fields'
    (string) Activity fields to return. Pass 'ids' to get only the activity IDs. 'all' returns full activity objects.
  • 'sort'
    (string) ASC or DESC. Default: 'DESC'.
  • 'order_by'
    (string) Column to order results by.
  • 'exclude'
    (array) Array of activity IDs to exclude. Default: false.
  • 'in'
    (array) Array of ids to limit query by (IN). Default: false.
  • 'meta_query'
    (array) Array of meta_query conditions. See WP_Meta_Query::queries.
  • 'date_query'
    (array) Array of date_query conditions. See first parameter of WP_Date_Query::__construct().
  • 'filter_query'
    (array) Array of advanced query conditions. See BP_Activity_Query::__construct().
  • 'scope'
    (string|array) Pre-determined set of activity arguments.
  • 'filter'
    (array) See BP_Activity_Activity::get_filter_sql().
  • 'search_terms'
    (string) Limit results by a search term. Default: false.
  • 'privacy'
    (string) Limit results by a privacy. Default: public.
  • 'display_comments'
    (bool) Whether to include activity comments. Default: false.
  • 'show_hidden'
    (bool) Whether to show items marked hide_sitewide. Default: false.
  • 'spam'
    (string) Spam status. Default: 'ham_only'.
  • 'update_meta_cache'
    (bool) Whether to pre-fetch metadata for queried activity items. Default: true.
  • 'count_total'
    (string|bool) If true, an additional DB query is run to count the total activity items for the query. Default: false.

Default value: array()

Return

(array) The array returned has two keys: - 'total' is the count of located activities - 'activities' is an array of the located activities

Source

File: bp-activity/classes/class-bp-activity-activity.php

370
371
372
373
374
375
376
377
378
379
380
381
382
383
384
385
386
387
388
389
390
391
392
393
394
395
396
397
398
399
400
401
402
403
404
405
406
407
408
409
410
411
412
413
414
415
416
417
418
419
420
421
422
423
424
425
426
427
428
429
430
431
432
433
434
435
436
437
438
439
440
441
442
443
444
445
446
447
448
449
450
451
452
453
454
455
456
457
458
459
460
461
462
463
464
465
466
467
468
469
470
471
472
473
474
475
476
477
478
479
480
481
482
483
484
485
486
487
488
489
490
491
492
493
494
495
496
497
498
499
500
501
502
503
504
505
506
507
508
509
510
511
512
513
514
515
516
517
518
519
520
521
522
523
524
525
526
527
528
529
530
531
532
533
534
535
536
537
538
539
540
541
542
543
544
545
546
547
548
549
550
551
552
553
554
555
556
557
558
559
560
561
562
563
564
565
566
567
568
569
570
571
572
573
574
575
576
577
578
579
580
581
582
583
584
585
586
587
588
589
590
591
592
593
594
595
596
597
598
599
600
601
602
603
604
605
606
607
608
609
610
611
612
613
614
615
616
617
618
619
620
621
622
623
624
625
626
627
628
629
630
631
632
633
634
635
636
637
638
639
640
641
642
643
644
645
646
647
648
649
650
651
652
653
654
655
656
657
658
659
660
661
662
663
664
665
666
667
668
669
670
671
672
673
674
675
676
677
678
679
680
681
682
683
684
685
686
687
688
689
690
691
692
693
694
695
696
697
698
699
700
701
702
703
704
705
706
707
708
709
710
711
712
713
714
715
716
717
718
719
720
721
722
723
724
725
726
727
728
729
730
731
732
733
734
735
736
737
738
739
740
741
742
743
744
745
746
747
748
749
750
751
752
753
754
755
756
757
758
759
760
761
762
763
764
765
766
767
768
769
770
771
772
773
774
775
776
777
778
779
780
781
782
783
784
785
786
787
788
789
public static function get( $args = array() ) {
    global $wpdb;
 
    // Backward compatibility with old method of passing arguments.
    if ( !is_array( $args ) || func_num_args() > 1 ) {
        _deprecated_argument( __METHOD__, '1.6', sprintf( __( 'Arguments passed to %1$s should be in an associative array. See the inline documentation at %2$s for more details.', 'buddyboss' ), __METHOD__, __FILE__ ) );
 
        $old_args_keys = array(
            0 => 'max',
            1 => 'page',
            2 => 'per_page',
            3 => 'sort',
            4 => 'search_terms',
            5 => 'filter',
            6 => 'display_comments',
            7 => 'show_hidden',
            8 => 'exclude',
            9 => 'in',
            10 => 'spam'
        );
 
        $args = bp_core_parse_args_array( $old_args_keys, func_get_args() );
    }
 
    $bp = buddypress();
    $r  = wp_parse_args( $args, array(
        'page'              => 1,               // The current page.
        'per_page'          => 25,              // Activity items per page.
        'max'               => false,           // Max number of items to return.
        'fields'            => 'all',           // Fields to include.
        'sort'              => 'DESC',          // ASC or DESC.
        'order_by'          => 'date_recorded', // Column to order by.
        'exclude'           => false,           // Array of ids to exclude.
        'in'                => false,           // Array of ids to limit query by (IN).
        'meta_query'        => false,           // Filter by activitymeta.
        'date_query'        => false,           // Filter by date.
        'filter_query'      => false,           // Advanced filtering - see BP_Activity_Query.
        'filter'            => false,           // See self::get_filter_sql().
        'scope'             => false,           // Preset activity arguments.
        'search_terms'      => false,           // Terms to search by.
        'privacy'           => false,           // public, loggedin, onlyme, friends, media.
        'display_comments'  => false,           // Whether to include activity comments.
        'show_hidden'       => false,           // Show items marked hide_sitewide.
        'spam'              => 'ham_only',      // Spam status.
        'update_meta_cache' => true,            // Whether or not to update meta cache.
        'count_total'       => false,           // Whether or not to use count_total.
    ) );
 
    // Select conditions.
    $select_sql = "SELECT DISTINCT a.id";
 
    $from_sql   = " FROM {$bp->activity->table_name} a";
 
    $join_sql   = '';
 
    // Where conditions.
    $where_conditions = array();
 
    // Excluded types.
    $excluded_types = array();
 
    // Scope takes precedence.
    if ( ! empty( $r['scope'] ) ) {
        $scope_query = self::get_scope_query_sql( $r['scope'], $r );
 
        // Add our SQL conditions if matches were found.
        if ( ! empty( $scope_query['sql'] ) ) {
            $where_conditions['scope_query_sql'] = $scope_query['sql'];
        }
 
        // Override some arguments if needed.
        if ( ! empty( $scope_query['override'] ) ) {
            $r = array_replace_recursive( $r, $scope_query['override'] );
        }
 
        // Advanced filtering.
    } elseif ( ! empty( $r['filter_query'] ) ) {
        $filter_query = new BP_Activity_Query( $r['filter_query'] );
        $sql          = $filter_query->get_sql();
        if ( ! empty( $sql ) ) {
            $where_conditions['filter_query_sql'] = $sql;
        }
    }
 
    // Regular filtering.
    if ( $r['filter'] && $filter_sql = BP_Activity_Activity::get_filter_sql( $r['filter'] ) ) {
        $where_conditions['filter_sql'] = $filter_sql;
    }
 
    // Spam.
    if ( 'ham_only' == $r['spam'] ) {
        $where_conditions['spam_sql'] = 'a.is_spam = 0';
    } elseif ( 'spam_only' == $r['spam'] ) {
        $where_conditions['spam_sql'] = 'a.is_spam = 1';
    }
 
    // Searching.
    if ( $r['search_terms'] ) {
        $search_terms_like = '%' . bp_esc_like( $r['search_terms'] ) . '%';
        $where_conditions['search_sql'] = $wpdb->prepare( 'a.content LIKE %s', $search_terms_like );
 
        /**
         * Filters whether or not to include users for search parameters.
         *
         * @since BuddyPress 3.0.0
         *
         * @param bool $value Whether or not to include user search. Default false.
         */
        if ( apply_filters( 'bp_activity_get_include_user_search', false ) ) {
            $user_search = get_user_by( 'slug', $r['search_terms'] );
            if ( false !== $user_search ) {
                $user_id                         = $user_search->ID;
                $where_conditions['search_sql'] .= $wpdb->prepare( ' OR a.user_id = %d', $user_id );
            }
        }
    }
 
    // Sorting.
    $sort = $r['sort'];
    if ( $sort != 'ASC' && $sort != 'DESC' ) {
        $sort = 'DESC';
    }
 
    switch( $r['order_by'] ) {
        case 'id' :
        case 'user_id' :
        case 'component' :
        case 'type' :
        case 'action' :
        case 'content' :
        case 'primary_link' :
        case 'item_id' :
        case 'secondary_item_id' :
        case 'date_recorded' :
        case 'hide_sitewide' :
        case 'mptt_left' :
        case 'mptt_right' :
        case 'is_spam' :
            break;
 
        default :
            $r['order_by'] = 'date_recorded';
            break;
    }
    $order_by = 'a.' . $r['order_by'];
 
    // Hide Hidden Items?
    if ( ! $r['show_hidden'] ) {
        $where_conditions['hidden_sql'] = "a.hide_sitewide = 0";
    }
 
    // Exclude specified items.
    if ( ! empty( $r['exclude'] ) ) {
        $exclude = implode( ',', wp_parse_id_list( $r['exclude'] ) );
        $where_conditions['exclude'] = "a.id NOT IN ({$exclude})";
    }
 
    // The specific ids to which you want to limit the query.
    if ( ! empty( $r['in'] ) ) {
        $in = implode( ',', wp_parse_id_list( $r['in'] ) );
        $where_conditions['in'] = "a.id IN ({$in})";
    }
 
    // The filter activities by their privacy
    if ( ! empty( $r['privacy'] ) ) {
        $privacy                     = "'" . implode ( "', '", $r['privacy'] ) . "'";
        $where_conditions['privacy'] = "a.privacy IN ({$privacy})";
    }
 
    // Process meta_query into SQL.
    $meta_query_sql = self::get_meta_query_sql( $r['meta_query'] );
 
    if ( ! empty( $meta_query_sql['join'] ) ) {
        $join_sql .= $meta_query_sql['join'];
    }
 
    if ( ! empty( $meta_query_sql['where'] ) ) {
        $where_conditions[] = $meta_query_sql['where'];
    }
 
    // Process date_query into SQL.
    $date_query_sql = self::get_date_query_sql( $r['date_query'] );
 
    if ( ! empty( $date_query_sql ) ) {
        $where_conditions['date'] = $date_query_sql;
    }
 
    // Alter the query based on whether we want to show activity item
    // comments in the stream like normal comments or threaded below
    // the activity.
    if ( false === $r['display_comments'] || 'threaded' === $r['display_comments'] ) {
        $excluded_types[] = 'activity_comment';
    }
 
    // Exclude 'last_activity' items unless the 'action' filter has
    // been explicitly set.
    if ( empty( $r['filter']['object'] ) ) {
        $excluded_types[] = 'last_activity';
    }
 
    // Build the excluded type sql part.
    if ( ! empty( $excluded_types ) ) {
        $not_in = "'" . implode( "', '", esc_sql( $excluded_types ) ) . "'";
        $where_conditions['excluded_types'] = "a.type NOT IN ({$not_in})";
    }
 
    /**
     * Filters the MySQL WHERE conditions for the Activity items get method.
     *
     * @since BuddyPress 1.9.0
     *
     * @param array  $where_conditions Current conditions for MySQL WHERE statement.
     * @param array  $r                Parsed arguments passed into method.
     * @param string $select_sql       Current SELECT MySQL statement at point of execution.
     * @param string $from_sql         Current FROM MySQL statement at point of execution.
     * @param string $join_sql         Current INNER JOIN MySQL statement at point of execution.
     */
    $where_conditions = apply_filters( 'bp_activity_get_where_conditions', $where_conditions, $r, $select_sql, $from_sql, $join_sql );
 
    // Join the where conditions together.
    $where_sql = 'WHERE ' . join( ' AND ', $where_conditions );
 
    /**
     * Filter the MySQL JOIN clause for the main activity query.
     *
     * @since BuddyPress 2.5.0
     *
     * @param string $join_sql   JOIN clause.
     * @param array  $r          Method parameters.
     * @param string $select_sql Current SELECT MySQL statement.
     * @param string $from_sql   Current FROM MySQL statement.
     * @param string $where_sql  Current WHERE MySQL statement.
     */
    $join_sql = apply_filters( 'bp_activity_get_join_sql', $join_sql, $r, $select_sql, $from_sql, $where_sql );
 
    // Sanitize page and per_page parameters.
    $page     = absint( $r['page']     );
    $per_page = absint( $r['per_page'] );
 
    $retval = array(
        'activities'     => null,
        'total'          => null,
        'has_more_items' => null,
    );
 
    /**
     * Filters if BuddyPress should use legacy query structure over current structure for version 2.0+.
     *
     * It is not recommended to use the legacy structure, but allowed to if needed.
     *
     * @since BuddyPress 2.0.0
     *
     * @param bool                 $value Whether to use legacy structure or not.
     * @param BP_Activity_Activity $value Current method being called.
     * @param array                $r     Parsed arguments passed into method.
     */
    if ( apply_filters( 'bp_use_legacy_activity_query', false, __METHOD__, $r ) ) {
 
        // Legacy queries joined against the user table.
        $select_sql = "SELECT DISTINCT a.*, u.user_email, u.user_nicename, u.user_login, u.display_name";
        $from_sql   = " FROM {$bp->activity->table_name} a LEFT JOIN {$wpdb->users} u ON a.user_id = u.ID";
 
        if ( ! empty( $page ) && ! empty( $per_page ) ) {
            $pag_sql = $wpdb->prepare( "LIMIT %d, %d", absint( ( $page - 1 ) * $per_page ), $per_page );
 
            /** This filter is documented in bp-activity/bp-activity-classes.php */
            $activity_sql = apply_filters( 'bp_activity_get_user_join_filter', "{$select_sql} {$from_sql} {$join_sql} {$where_sql} ORDER BY a.date_recorded {$sort}, a.id {$sort} {$pag_sql}", $select_sql, $from_sql, $where_sql, $sort, $pag_sql );
        } else {
            $pag_sql = '';
 
            /**
             * Filters the legacy MySQL query statement so plugins can alter before results are fetched.
             *
             * @since BuddyPress 1.5.0
             *
             * @param string $value      Concatenated MySQL statement pieces to be query results with for legacy query.
             * @param string $select_sql Final SELECT MySQL statement portion for legacy query.
             * @param string $from_sql   Final FROM MySQL statement portion for legacy query.
             * @param string $where_sql  Final WHERE MySQL statement portion for legacy query.
             * @param string $sort       Final sort direction for legacy query.
             */
            $activity_sql = apply_filters( 'bp_activity_get_user_join_filter', "{$select_sql} {$from_sql} {$join_sql} {$where_sql} ORDER BY a.date_recorded {$sort}, a.id {$sort}", $select_sql, $from_sql, $where_sql, $sort, $pag_sql );
        }
 
        /*
         * Queries that include 'last_activity' are cached separately,
         * since they are generally much less long-lived.
         */
        if ( preg_match( '/a\.type NOT IN \([^\)]*\'last_activity\'[^\)]*\)/', $activity_sql ) ) {
            $cache_group = 'bp_activity';
        } else {
            $cache_group = 'bp_activity_with_last_activity';
        }
 
        $activities = $wpdb->get_results( $activity_sql );
 
        // Integer casting for legacy activity query.
        foreach ( (array) $activities as $i => $ac ) {
            $activities[ $i ]->id                = (int) $ac->id;
            $activities[ $i ]->item_id           = (int) $ac->item_id;
            $activities[ $i ]->secondary_item_id = (int) $ac->secondary_item_id;
            $activities[ $i ]->user_id           = (int) $ac->user_id;
            $activities[ $i ]->hide_sitewide     = (int) $ac->hide_sitewide;
            $activities[ $i ]->mptt_left         = (int) $ac->mptt_left;
            $activities[ $i ]->mptt_right        = (int) $ac->mptt_right;
            $activities[ $i ]->is_spam           = (int) $ac->is_spam;
        }
 
    } else {
        // Query first for activity IDs.
        $activity_ids_sql = "{$select_sql} {$from_sql} {$join_sql} {$where_sql} ORDER BY {$order_by} {$sort}, a.id {$sort}";
 
        if ( ! empty( $per_page ) && ! empty( $page ) ) {
            // We query for $per_page + 1 items in order to
            // populate the has_more_items flag.
            $activity_ids_sql .= $wpdb->prepare( " LIMIT %d, %d", absint( ( $page - 1 ) * $per_page ), $per_page + 1 );
        }
 
        /**
         * Filters the paged activities MySQL statement.
         *
         * @since BuddyPress 2.0.0
         *
         * @param string $activity_ids_sql MySQL statement used to query for Activity IDs.
         * @param array  $r                Array of arguments passed into method.
         */
        $activity_ids_sql = apply_filters( 'bp_activity_paged_activities_sql', $activity_ids_sql, $r );
 
        /*
         * Queries that include 'last_activity' are cached separately,
         * since they are generally much less long-lived.
         */
        if ( preg_match( '/a\.type NOT IN \([^\)]*\'last_activity\'[^\)]*\)/', $activity_ids_sql ) ) {
            $cache_group = 'bp_activity';
        } else {
            $cache_group = 'bp_activity_with_last_activity';
        }
 
        $cached = bp_core_get_incremented_cache( $activity_ids_sql, $cache_group );
        if ( false === $cached ) {
            $activity_ids = $wpdb->get_col( $activity_ids_sql );
            bp_core_set_incremented_cache( $activity_ids_sql, $cache_group, $activity_ids );
        } else {
            $activity_ids = $cached;
        }
 
        $retval['has_more_items'] = ! empty( $per_page ) && count( $activity_ids ) > $per_page;
 
        // If we've fetched more than the $per_page value, we
        // can discard the extra now.
        if ( ! empty( $per_page ) && count( $activity_ids ) === $per_page + 1 ) {
            array_pop( $activity_ids );
        }
 
        if ( 'ids' === $r['fields'] ) {
            $activities = array_map( 'intval', $activity_ids );
        } else {
            $activities = self::get_activity_data( $activity_ids );
        }
    }
 
    if ( 'ids' !== $r['fields'] ) {
        // Get the fullnames of users so we don't have to query in the loop.
        $activities = self::append_user_fullnames( $activities );
 
        // Get activity meta.
        $activity_ids = array();
        foreach ( (array) $activities as $activity ) {
            $activity_ids[] = $activity->id;
        }
 
        if ( ! empty( $activity_ids ) && $r['update_meta_cache'] ) {
            bp_activity_update_meta_cache( $activity_ids );
        }
 
        if ( $activities && $r['display_comments'] ) {
            $activities = BP_Activity_Activity::append_comments( $activities, $r['spam'] );
        }
 
        // Pre-fetch data associated with activity users and other objects.
        BP_Activity_Activity::prefetch_object_data( $activities );
 
        // Generate action strings.
        $activities = BP_Activity_Activity::generate_action_strings( $activities );
    }
 
    $retval['activities'] = $activities;
 
    // If $max is set, only return up to the max results.
    if ( ! empty( $r['count_total'] ) ) {
 
        /**
         * Filters the total activities MySQL statement.
         *
         * @since BuddyPress 1.5.0
         *
         * @param string $value     MySQL statement used to query for total activities.
         * @param string $where_sql MySQL WHERE statement portion.
         * @param string $sort      Sort direction for query.
         */
        $total_activities_sql = apply_filters( 'bp_activity_total_activities_sql', "SELECT count(DISTINCT a.id) FROM {$bp->activity->table_name} a {$join_sql} {$where_sql}", $where_sql, $sort );
        $cached = bp_core_get_incremented_cache( $total_activities_sql, $cache_group );
        if ( false === $cached ) {
            $total_activities = $wpdb->get_var( $total_activities_sql );
            bp_core_set_incremented_cache( $total_activities_sql, $cache_group, $total_activities );
        } else {
            $total_activities = $cached;
        }
 
        if ( !empty( $r['max'] ) ) {
            if ( (int) $total_activities > (int) $r['max'] ) {
                $total_activities = $r['max'];
            }
        }
 
        $retval['total'] = $total_activities;
    }
 
    return $retval;
}

Changelog

Changelog
Version Description
BuddyPress 1.2.0 Introduced.

Questions?

We're always happy to help with code or other questions you might have! Search our developer docs, contact support, or connect with our sales team.