This function has been deprecated. BuddyPress 1.7.0 instead.

bp_update_db_stuff()

This function was originally used to update pre-1.1 schemas, but that was before we had a legitimate update process.

Description

Source

File: bp-core/deprecated/buddypress/1.7.php

function bp_update_db_stuff() {
	global $wpdb;

	$bp        = buddypress();
	$bp_prefix = bp_core_get_table_prefix();

	// Rename the old user activity cached table if needed.
	if ( $wpdb->get_var( "SHOW TABLES LIKE '%{$bp_prefix}bp_activity_user_activity_cached%'" ) ) {
		$wpdb->query( "RENAME TABLE {$bp_prefix}bp_activity_user_activity_cached TO {$bp->activity->table_name}" );
	}

	// Rename fields from pre BP 1.2
	if ( $wpdb->get_var( "SHOW TABLES LIKE '%{$bp->activity->table_name}%'" ) ) {
		if ( $wpdb->get_var( "SHOW COLUMNS FROM {$bp->activity->table_name} LIKE 'component_action'" ) ) {
			$wpdb->query( "ALTER TABLE {$bp->activity->table_name} CHANGE component_action type varchar(75) NOT NULL" );
		}

		if ( $wpdb->get_var( "SHOW COLUMNS FROM {$bp->activity->table_name} LIKE 'component_name'" ) ) {
			$wpdb->query( "ALTER TABLE {$bp->activity->table_name} CHANGE component_name component varchar(75) NOT NULL" );
		}
	}

	// On first installation - record all existing blogs in the system.
	if ( !(int) $bp->site_options['bp-blogs-first-install'] ) {
		bp_blogs_record_existing_blogs();
		bp_update_option( 'bp-blogs-first-install', 1 );
	}

	if ( is_multisite() ) {
		bp_core_add_illegal_names();
	}

	// Update and remove the message threads table if it exists
	if ( $wpdb->get_var( "SHOW TABLES LIKE '%{$bp_prefix}bp_messages_threads%'" ) ) {
		if ( BP_Messages_Thread::update_tables() ) {
			$wpdb->query( "DROP TABLE {$bp_prefix}bp_messages_threads" );
		}
	}
}

Changelog

Changelog
Version Description
BuddyPress 1.7.0 Introduced.

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