bp_activity_get_user_mentionname( int|string $user_id )

Determine a user’s “mentionname”, the name used for that user in @-mentions.

Description

Parameters

$user_id: (Required) ID of the user to get @-mention name for.

Return

(string) $mentionname User name appropriate for @-mentions.

Source

File: bp-xprofile/bp-xprofile-functions.php

function bp_activity_get_user_mentionname( $user_id ) {
	$mentionname = '';

	$userdata = bp_core_get_core_userdata( $user_id );

	if ( $userdata ) {
		if ( bp_is_username_compatibility_mode() ) {
			$mentionname = str_replace( ' ', '-', $userdata->user_login );
		} else {
			$mentionname = get_user_meta( $userdata->ID, 'nickname', true );
		}
	}

	return $mentionname;
}

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Changelog

Changelog
Version	Description
BuddyPress 1.9.0	Introduced.

Uses

Uses
Uses	Description
bp-members/bp-members-functions.php: bp_core_get_core_userdata()	Fetch everything in the wp_users table for a user, without any usermeta.
bp-core/bp-core-functions.php: bp_is_username_compatibility_mode()	Are we running username compatibility mode?

Used By
Used By	Description
bp-settings/classes/class-bp-rest-account-settings-options-endpoint.php: BP_REST_Account_Settings_Options_Endpoint::get_notifications_fields()	Get Fields for the Notifications “Email Preferences”.
bp-members/classes/class-bp-rest-members-endpoint.php: BP_REST_Members_Endpoint::user_data()	Method to facilitate fetching of user data.
bp-groups/bp-groups-functions.php: bp_groups_prime_mentions_results()	Mentions results for groups.
bp-core/bp-core-adminbar.php: bp_wp_admin_bar_my_account_menu()	Add the “My Account” submenu items.
bp-friends/bp-friends-functions.php: bp_friends_prime_mentions_results()	Used by the Activity component’s @mentions to print a JSON list of the current user’s friends.
bp-core/classes/class-bp-email-tokens.php: BP_Email_Tokens::token__member_card_small()	Generate the output for token member.card
bp-core/classes/class-bp-members-suggestions.php: BP_Members_Suggestions::get_suggestions()	Find and return a list of username suggestions that match the query.
bp-activity/bp-activity-notifications.php: bp_activity_screen_notification_settings()	Add activity notifications settings to the notifications settings page.
bp-activity/bp-activity-filters.php: bp_activity_filter_mentions_scope()	Set up activity arguments for use with the ‘favorites’ scope.
bp-activity/classes/class-bp-activity-oembed-extension.php: BP_Activity_oEmbed_Extension::set_fallback_html()	Sets a custom `<blockquote>` for our oEmbed fallback HTML.
bp-activity/bp-activity-template.php: bp_get_displayed_user_mentionname()	Get the mentionname for the displayed user.

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