Rules integration with pm_block_user.module

Ok, a few hints...

- privatemsg_rules needs something to act on, so we need to add a hook when a user is blocked/unblocked. This needs to be added to the function http://blog.worldempire.ch/de/api/function/pm_block_user_form_submit/6-2. We want probably want to pass the action (block/unblock), the $recipient that blocks someone and the $author.

This will look something like this:

module_invoke_all('pm_block_user_blocked', $form_state['values']['block_action'], $form_state['values']['recipient'], $form_state['values']['author'])

- Next, that hook also needs documentation. Create pm_block_user.api.php (similiar to privatemsg.api.php) and document that hook there, similiar to the hooks in privatemsg.api.php This is not important for a first step (it works fine without but is needed to.. well, have documentation ;))

- Then, we need to define the event in privatemsg_rules.rules.inc, see http://blog.worldempire.ch/de/api/function/privatemsg_rules_rules_event_.... I guess you could actually make two events, one when a user is blocked and one when he is unblocked. Copy the whole privatemsg_insert part, add it twice, give it a name (instead of privatemsg_insert), label and remove all arguments except author and recipient

- Then implement the hook we've created before by creating a function called privatemsg_rules_pm_block_user_blocked($action, $recipient, $author). Add a if ($action == 'block_user') { // trigger block event here } else { // trigger unblock event here). See http://blog.worldempire.ch/de/api/function/privatemsg_rules_privatemsg_m... on how to trigger an event.

Just start somewhere, implement what you can and upload it (if possible, as a patch, see http://drupal.org/patch/create). I'll try to answer any questions. You can also join the #drupal-games IRC channel, then I can help directly if I'm there.

(Only 6.x-2.x-dev has rules integration and gets new features added..)

Greetings,

I'm also a PHP novice but having the ability to act on blocked users would really help my site so I decided to give this a shot.

I'm using Drupal 7 and it appears the code has changed significantly.

I added the hook to pm_block_user_form_submit. Then I copied the privatemsg_insert part and modified the arguments.

However, I'm lost about how to actually trigger the event. I tried searching the file but I couldn't figure out how the triggers are implemented in D7 rules. Any pointers would be much appreciated.