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hook_civicrm_notePrivacy

Summary

This hook provides a way to override the default privacy behavior for notes.

Notes

If a user has the "View All Notes" permission, this hook is bypassed.

See also this blog post.

Availability

This hook is available in CiviCRM 3.3+.

Definition

hook_civicrm_notePrivacy(&$noteValues)

Parameters

  • array $noteValues - The values from an object of type CRM_Core_DAO_Note, converted to an array.

Returns

  • NULL

Example

function civitest_civicrm_notePrivacy(&$noteValues) {
  /* CiviCRM will check for existence of $note['notePrivacy_hidden'].
   * If this value is not set, CiviCRM will show or display the note
   * based on the default, which is to display private notes only to
   * the note author.
   * If this value is set, CiviCRM will hide the note if the value is
   * TRUE, and display the note if the value is FALSE.
   */
  if ($noteValues['is_private']) {
    if ($my_business_rules_say_so) {
      $noteValues['notePrivacy_hidden'] = TRUE;
    }
    else {
      $noteValues['notePrivacy_hidden'] = FALSE;
    }
  }
}