Sending a PM to specific user drom code ?

[Quark-Zimmerman]

Hi,
I need to send a PM from "System" to specific user from my code using uddeIM .

If I use "NewMessage()" it arrives from the user currently executing script, but I want from System. If I just use from = 0 , then it arrives from Guest ...

Obviously I can just do something like sendNewSysMessage() :

But this would require to modify sendNewSysMessage query to something like:
lse { $sql="SELECT DISTINCT u.id FROM (#__users AS u INNER JOIN#__user_usergroup_mapAS um ON u.id=um.user_id) INNER JOIN#__usergroupsAS g ON um.group_id=g.id WHERE u.block=0 AND u.id=".(int)$recipients; }
(note change from g.id= to u.id="

And I do not want to "kernel hack" uddeIM code, is there a "proper" way to do this ?

[slabbi]

Does this help:

14.7 Description of uddeIM API
sendNewMessage()
sendNewMessageDelayed()
sendNewSysMessage()

14.7.3.8 sendNewSysMessage()

Method:
int sendNewSysMessage($fromid, $recipients, $message, $systemmsg=0, $validfor=0, $sendnotification=0, $forceembedded=0);

Description:
Creates a system or general message “message” from sender “fromid” to recipients “sysgm_universe”.

Parameters:
(int) fromid (sender)
(int) recipients = [all: all users | online: all logged in users | special: all special users | admins: all admins | : all members of group ]
(string) message (may contain BB codes)
(bool) systemmsg = [ true: system message, no replies allowed | false ]
(int) validfor = [ time in hours the message is valid for ]
(bool) sendnotifications = [true: send email notification | false]
(bool) forceembedded = [true: embed message in email notification | false]
Returns:
(int) error code = [0: OK | 1: no recipients found]

[slabbi]

Sorry, now I understand, you want to send a system message to a single user.
This is not possible.
You could extend the uddeIM API and increase the API version.

fromid is always the sender (will be replaced with the system user name), systemmsg must be true. The difference to a normal message is that the recipient cannot answer.

When you extend the API you could keep the complete SQL code and add to the if clause
if ($recipients=="user") {
$sql="SELECT id FROM #__users WHERE block=0 AND u.id='.(int)$therecipient;"
and add a new optional parameter therecipient.
So selecting "user" with optional parameter $therecpient.

[Quark-Zimmerman]

Yes, what I finally did is extended uddeIMAPI class with my own and created a new version of sendNewSysMessage() (named sendNewSysMessageSingle()) by just copying the sendNewSysMessage code and changing g.id to u.id in query (actually removed all the "if" code for admin and other group leaving this last "else" case only.
But somehow it copying the code is still not the best way to do it...

[slabbi]

Updated the API:

// v6: function sendNewSysMessage($fromid, $recipients, $message, $systemmsg=0, $validfor=0, $sendnotification=0, $forceembedded=0, $onerecipient=0)
// new parameter "$onerecipient", used when $recipients=="one"

[slabbi]

Please report if it works