PMS Questions

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1 year 2 months ago #335341 by Deciman

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Hi there

Is there any way to read the number of
'unread' messages (inbox)
and maybe even 'unread by receiver' messages (outbox)
from an external php script?

Reason:
I use a selfmade script to create/modify the menu of our website
and I want do manipulate the output for the 'Messages' item inside this menu (permanently present after login)
to show the number of 'unread' or 'unreceived' messages.
Manipulating the content of the button itself is not the problem.
But how can I let read the needed data from the loged-in-users mailbox?

Deci

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1 year 2 months ago #335342 by krileon

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If you're modifying with a script that's executed within Joomla so it has access to Joomla API then it's easy enough to just call CBs API to get the unread count. Ideally you should be using a Joomla plugin acting on Joomla menu events to modify the menu which would allow for this. Otherwise your only option is to establish a database connection and query for the unread count. Below is the query being used internally.

Code:

public function getPMSunreadCount( $userId )
{
	global $_CB_database;

	if ( UddeIM::isUddeIM() ) {
		return UddeIM::getPMSunreadCount( $userId );
	}

	static $cache			=	array();

	if ( ! isset( $cache[$userId] ) ) {
		$query				=	"SELECT COUNT(*)"
							.	"\n FROM " . $_CB_database->NameQuote( '#__comprofiler_plugin_messages' ) . " AS m"
							.	"\n LEFT JOIN " . $_CB_database->NameQuote( '#__comprofiler_plugin_messages_read' ) . " AS r"
							.	" ON r." . $_CB_database->NameQuote( 'to_user' ) . " = " . (int) $userId
							.	" AND r." . $_CB_database->NameQuote( 'message' ) . " = m." . $_CB_database->NameQuote( 'id' )
							.	"\n WHERE ( ( m." . $_CB_database->NameQuote( 'from_user' ) . " != " . (int) $userId
							.	" AND m." . $_CB_database->NameQuote( 'to_user' ) . " = 0 )"
							.	" OR ( m." . $_CB_database->NameQuote( 'to_user' ) . " = " . (int) $userId
							.	" AND m." . $_CB_database->NameQuote( 'to_user_delete' ) . " = 0 ) )"
							.	"\n AND r." . $_CB_database->NameQuote( 'id' ) . " IS NULL";
		$_CB_database->setQuery( $query );
		$cache[$userId]		=	(int) $_CB_database->loadResult();
	}

	return $cache[$userId];
}

That's just the PHP function for it. You'll need to extract the SQL out for your needs from this.

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1 year 2 months ago #335344 by Deciman

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Thanks

I'll check if (and how) I can use that within my scripts...
But I guess it will be not easy...

Forgot to mention:
The 'manipulation' of the output (creating menue items/showing/hiding them according to the screen width)
is done by a custom java script implemented inside the template...

Deci

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1 year 2 months ago #335347 by krileon

Replied by krileon on topic PMS Questions

If this is entirely JavaScript then you of course can't get the PMS count. You need to be able to communicate with the server for that information. I guess you could have it displayed in your login module then use JS to pull it out of your login module to display it elsewhere. That'd be the only thing I could suggest. You can enable the PMS count in your CB login module settings.

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1 year 2 months ago - 1 year 2 months ago #335349 by Deciman

Replied by Deciman on topic PMS Questions

That's what I supposed.
But having a script (php) inside joomla gives me the possibility to write the needed data somehow and somewhere on the webside.
And once it is written there I can read it by java script...

Deci

PS: Using the login module is not really an option
as the users have the ability (and use it) to log in automatically ...
But once logged in (and that is when my script gets active, because the 'messages' menu item is only active for logged in users)
there should be enough further options (plugin) to read and write the needed data

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1 year 2 months ago #335364 by Deciman

Replied by Deciman on topic PMS Questions

Is working...

Created a Module writing the needed content on the webside.
Extended my java script to read that content
and manipulate the menu item to show new messages (if existing) as a second row in the text

Tnx

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