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send_user_message()

Description

Send a user to user(s) message

Parameters

ColumnTypeDefaultDescription
$users array Array of user IDs or usernames/groupnames from user select
$text string Message text

Return

bool|string True if sent ok or error message

Location

include/message_functions.php lines 879 to 894

Definition

 
function send_user_message($users$text)
{
    global 
$userref$lang;
    
$users explode(","resolve_userlist_groups($users));
    for (
$n 0$n count($users); $n++) {
        if (!
is_int_loose($users[$n])) {
            
$uref get_user_by_username(trim($users[$n]));
            if (!
$uref) {
                return 
$lang["error_invalid_user"];
            }
            
$users[$n] = $uref;
        }
    }
    
message_add($users$text""$userrefMESSAGE_ENUM_NOTIFICATION_TYPE_USER_MESSAGE MESSAGE_ENUM_NOTIFICATION_TYPE_SCREEN30 24 60 60);
    return 
true;
}

This article was last updated 11th February 2025 18:35 Europe/London time based on the source file dated 21st January 2025 15:20 Europe/London time.