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How to redirect a page on joomla 1.6

Posted on July 8, 2011 by vinay

We can use the following example to redirect a page if user is logged in or not. The following code can be put on the corresponding components or on module.

$redirect_url = JURI::getInstance()->toString(); //this JURI::getInstance()->toString() gives site url. You can replace it with any of your required url like registration page.
	$user  = & JFactory::getUser();
	If ( $user->id ) {  //if user is logged in 
		//do something
	}  else  {
		$redirect_url  =  str_replace('&','&', $redirect_url); // get rid of any ampersands
		$redirect_url  =  JRoute::_($redirect_url);
		$redirect_url  =  str_replace('&','&', $redirect_url); // get rid of any ampersands again
		$app  = & JFactory::getApplication();
		$app->redirect($redirect_url); //redirect 
	}

Redirect subscribe user to home page

Posted on April 30, 2011 by vinay

Using wordpress hook, we can redirect subscribed user after login to the desired page or home page:
example:

<?php
// redirect subscribers to the home page 
function change_login_redirect($redirect_to, $request_redirect_to, $user) {
  if (is_a($user, 'WP_User') && $user->has_cap('edit_posts') === false) {
    return get_bloginfo('url'); //we can put whatever url to redirect    
  }
  return $redirect_to;
}
 
// add filter with default priority (10), filter takes (3) parameters
add_filter('login_redirect','change_login_redirect', 10, 3);
?>

avoid user validation on buddypress

Posted on April 28, 2011 by vinay

In buddypress, by default user becomes non active during registration. We can avoid the validation using hook as below in functions.php inside theme file:

<?php
add_action('bp_core_signup_user','change_bp_user_status');

function change_bp_user_status ( $user_id ) {
global $bp, $wpdb;
/* Update the user status to '2' which we will use as 'not activated' (0 = active, 1 = spam, 2 = not active) */
$wpdb->query( $wpdb->prepare( "UPDATE $wpdb->users SET user_status = 2 WHERE ID = %d", $user_id ) );

}	
?>