bbp_forum_recursive_group_id( $forum_id )

Get Sub Forum’s group id, if not associated with any group then it searches for the parent forums to fetch group associated otherwise returns false

Description

Parameters

$forum_id: (Required)

Return

(bool|int|mixed)

Source

File: bp-forums/functions.php

function bbp_forum_recursive_group_id( $forum_id ) {
 
    if ( empty( $forum_id ) ) {
        return false;
    }
 
    // initialize a few things.
    $group_id          = 0;
    $found_group_forum = false;
    $reached_the_top   = false;
 
    // This loop works our way up to the top of the topic->sub-forum->parent-forum hierarchy..
    // We will stop climbing when we find a forum_id that is also the id of a group's forum..
    // When we find that, we've found the group, and we can stop looking..
    // Or if we get to the top of the hierarchy, we'll bail out of the loop, never having found a forum.
    // that is associated with a group..
    while ( ! $found_group_forum && ! $reached_the_top ) {
        $forum_group_ids = bbp_get_forum_group_ids( $forum_id );
        if ( ! empty( $forum_group_ids ) ) {
            // We've found the forum_id that corresponds to the group's forum.
            $found_group_forum = true;
            $group_id          = $forum_group_ids[0];
        } else {
            $current_post = get_post( $forum_id );
            if ( $current_post->post_parent ) {
                // $post->post_parent will be the ID of the parent, not an object.
                $forum_id = $current_post->post_parent;
            } else {
                // We've reached the top of the hierarchy.
                $reached_the_top = true;
            }
        }
    }
 
    if ( $group_id ) {
        return $group_id;
    }
 
    return false;
}

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Changelog

Changelog
Version	Description
BuddyBoss 1.1.9	Introduced.

Uses

Uses
Uses	Description
bp-forums/functions.php: bbp_get_forum_group_ids()	Get group ID’s for a forum

Used By
Used By	Description
bp-forums/users/template.php: bbp_user_can_view_forum()	Check if the user can access a specific forum
bp-forums/groups.php: BBP_Forums_Group_Extension::map_activity_to_group()	Map a forum post to its corresponding group in the group activity stream.
bp-forums/forums/functions.php: bbp_exclude_forum_ids()	Returns a meta_query that either includes or excludes hidden forum IDs from a query.
bp-forums/activity.php: BBP_BuddyPress_Activity::group_forum_topic_activity_action_callback()
bp-forums/activity.php: BBP_BuddyPress_Activity::group_forum_reply_activity_action_callback()

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