Ticket #4305: 4305.01.patch

bp-messages/bp-messages-functions.php

@@ -68 +68 @@
                 // Loop the recipients and convert all usernames to user_ids where needed
                 foreach( (array) $recipients as $recipient ) {
                         $recipient = trim( $recipient );
+
                         if ( empty( $recipient ) )
                                 continue;
 
+                        $recipient_id = false;
+
+                        // input was numeric
                         if ( is_numeric( $recipient ) ) {
+                                // do a check against the user ID column first
                                 if ( bp_core_get_core_userdata( (int) $recipient ) )
                                         $recipient_id = (int) $recipient;
 
+                                // if that fails, check against the user_login / user_nicename column
+                                else {
+                                        if ( bp_is_username_compatibility_mode() )
+                                                $recipient_id = bp_core_get_userid( (int) $recipient );
+                                        else
+                                                $recipient_id = bp_core_get_userid_from_nicename( (int) $recipient );
+                                }
+
                         } else {
                                 if ( bp_is_username_compatibility_mode() )
                                         $recipient_id = bp_core_get_userid( $recipient );