bp_get_member_profile_data() and identical names, special characters, select-parameter

[kmb@…]

You can define mutiple groups in the backend and name fields within them identical.
If you try to fetch those via bp_get_member_profile_data() it's not working right, because the "name"-keys are not uniq.

I've also problems with special characters like german umlauts (ä, ü, ö) in the names.

It would be nice, if one could select the field based on the field_id.

[DJPaul]

I think the neatest solution for this would be to add a parameter to bp_get_member_profile_data() to specify what group to look in to pull the named data from. This avoids possibly breaking backwards compatibility for this very specific use case.

Please open a separate ticket (if you haven't already) about special characters. Thanks.

[DJPaul]

We're closing this ticket because it has not received any contribution or comments for at least two years. We have decided that it is better to close tickets that are good ideas, which have not gotten (or are unlikely to get) contributions, rather than keep things open indefinitely. This will help us share a more realistic roadmap for BuddyPress with you.

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