My Friends Widget Edit myfriends.php

[dvsDave]

The My Friends widget is pretty awesome. Once configured, it can show you your friends recent activity on Posts, Threads, blogs, etc.

However, I was wondering if the widget could be expanded to include your contacts as well as friends. There are people I would like to follow but don't neccessarily want to be a full "friend" with.

Any ideas on how I might edit myfriends.php to accomplish this?

[alfanexus]

Great idea. Then contacts could be used as followers

[dvsDave]

yup! That is what my users want! Anybody have any ideas how to accomplish this?

I think this is the section of the code that needs editing, but I might be wrong:

PHP Code:

    /**
     * This sets up the search parameters, gets the query results,
     * and renders them
     *
     * @param array $config
     * @return string
     */
    private function getResults($config)
    {
        include_once DIR . '/includes/functions_misc.php';
        $search_core = vB_Search_Core::get_instance();

        //first see if we can get cached results
        $hashkey = $this->getHash();
        $cache_data = vB_Cache::instance()->read($hashkey, false, false);
        if ($cache_data)
        {

            //If there are no id's, we're done.
            if (empty($cache_data['ids']))
            {
                return false;
            }

            $controller = vB_Search_Core::get_instance()->get_search_type_from_id($config['contenttypeid']);

            if (method_exists($controller, 'create_array'))
            {
                $results = $controller->create_array($cache_data['ids']);
            }
            else if(method_exists($controller, 'create_item'))
            {
                $results = array();
                foreach ($cache_data['ids'] as $resultid)
                {
                    $result = $controller->create_item($resultid);
                    if ($result)
                    {
                        $results[] = $result;
                    }
                }
            }
            else
            {
                return false;
            }
            return array('results' => $results, 'criteria' => $cache_data['criteria']);
        }

        $rst = vB::$vbulletin->db->query_read("SELECT relationid FROM "
        . TABLE_PREFIX . "userlist WHERE friend='yes' AND userid = "
        . vB::$vbulletin->userinfo['userid']
        );

        if (!$rst)
        {
            return false;
        }
        $userids = array();

        while($row = vB::$vbulletin->db->fetch_row($rst))
        {
            $userids[] = $row[0];
        }

        //If there are no friends there's no friend information.
        if (! count($userids))
        {
            return '';
        }

        if ($config['contenttypeid'] == null)
        {
            $config['contenttypeid']= array();
        }
        else if (!is_array($config['contenttypeid']))
        {
            $config['contenttypeid'] = array($config['contenttypeid']);
        }

        if (!count($userids))
        {
            new vB_Phrase('global', 'your_friends_list_is_empty');
        }

        $criteria = vB_Search_Core::get_instance()->create_criteria(vB_Search_Core::SEARCH_ADVANCED);
        $criteria->add_contenttype_filter($config['contenttypeid']);
        $criteria->set_advanced_typeid($contenttypeid);

        $criteria->add_userid_filter($userids, false);
        $criteria->set_grouped(vB_Search_Core::GROUP_NO);
        $timelimit = TIMENOW - (86400 * $config['days']);
        $criteria->add_date_filter(vB_Search_Core::OP_GT, $timelimit);
        $criteria->set_sort('dateline', 'desc');
        $current_user = new vB_Legacy_CurrentUser();
        $results = vB_Search_Results::create_from_cache($current_user, $criteria);

        if (!$results)
        {
            $results = vB_Search_Results::create_from_criteria($current_user, $criteria);
        }

        if (empty($results))
        {
            return false;
        }

        $page_results = $results->get_page(1, $config['count'], 1);
        //prepare types for render
        $items_by_type = array();
        foreach ($page_results as $item)
        {
            $typeid = $item->get_contenttype();

            if ($typeid)
            {
                $items_by_type[$typeid][] =  $item;
                $ids[] = $item->get_id();
            }
        }

        foreach ($items_by_type as $contenttype => $items)
        {
            $type = vB_Search_Core::get_instance()->get_search_type_from_id($contenttype);
            $type->prepare_render($results->get_user(), $items);

        }

        vB_Cache::instance()->write($hashkey, array('ids' => $ids,
            'criteria' =>$criteria), $this->cache_ttl,
                'widget_config_' . $this->widget->getId());

        return array('results' => $page_results, 'criteria' => $criteria);
    } 

[alfanexus]

Just change

PHP Code:

. TABLE_PREFIX . "userlist WHERE friend='yes' AND userid = " 

to

PHP Code:

. TABLE_PREFIX . "userlist WHERE type='buddy' AND userid = " 

Then the widget also displays contacts

[dvsDave]

Awesome! Thanks much!