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WordPress Core

personal_options_update

https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/personal_options_update/

Fires before the page loads on the ‘Profile’ editing screen. 

The action only fires if the current user is editing their own profile. 

e.g. add_action('personal_options_update', 'the_function');

edit_user_profile_update

https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/edit_user_profile_update/

Fires before the page loads on the ‘Edit User’ screen.

The action only fires if the current user is editing their other profile. 

e.g. add_action('edit_user_profile_update', 'the_function');

BuddyPress

xprofile_data_before_save

http://hookr.io/actions/xprofile_data_before_save/

Fires before the current profile data instance gets saved. 

e.g. add_action('xprofile_data_before_save', 'the_function');

xprofile_screen_edit_profile

https://www.buddyboss.com/resources/reference/functions/xprofile_screen_edit_profile/

Handles the display of the profile edit page by loading the correct template file.

e.g. add_action('xprofile_screen_edit_profile', 'the_function');

Custom Code

getTextBetween

function getTextBetween( $content, $start, $end ) {

    $r = explode( $start, $content );

    if( isset($r[1]) ) {

        $r = explode( $end, $r[1] );

        return $r[0];

    }

    return '';

}

e.g. getTextBetween( $url, $start, $end );

sanitizeTrim

function sanitizeTrim( $value ) {

    return sanitize_text_field( trim( $value ) );

}

e.g. sanitizeTrim( $_POST['name'] );