diff --git a/mod/profile.php b/mod/profile.php
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-<?php
-/**
- * @file mod/profile.php
- */
-
-use Friendica\App;
-use Friendica\Content\Nav;
-use Friendica\Content\Pager;
-use Friendica\Content\Widget;
-use Friendica\Core\ACL;
-use Friendica\Core\Config;
-use Friendica\Core\Hook;
-use Friendica\Core\L10n;
-use Friendica\Core\Logger;
-use Friendica\Core\PConfig;
-use Friendica\Core\System;
-use Friendica\Database\DBA;
-use Friendica\Model\Contact;
-use Friendica\Model\Group;
-use Friendica\Model\Item;
-use Friendica\Model\Profile;
-use Friendica\Model\User;
-use Friendica\Module\Login;
-use Friendica\Protocol\ActivityPub;
-use Friendica\Protocol\DFRN;
-use Friendica\Util\DateTimeFormat;
-use Friendica\Util\Security;
-use Friendica\Util\Strings;
-use Friendica\Util\XML;
-
-function profile_init(App $a)
-{
-	if (empty($a->page['aside'])) {
-		$a->page['aside'] = '';
-	}
-
-	if ($a->argc < 2) {
-		System::httpExit(400);
-	}
-
-	$which = filter_var($a->argv[1], FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING, FILTER_FLAG_STRIP_LOW | FILTER_FLAG_STRIP_HIGH | FILTER_FLAG_STRIP_BACKTICK);
-
-	$profile = 0;
-	if (local_user() && $a->argc > 2 && $a->argv[2] === 'view') {
-		$which = $a->user['nickname'];
-		$profile = filter_var($a->argv[1], FILTER_SANITIZE_NUMBER_INT);
-	} else {
-		DFRN::autoRedir($a, $which);
-	}
-
-	if (ActivityPub::isRequest()) {
-		$user = DBA::selectFirst('user', ['uid'], ['nickname' => $which]);
-		if (DBA::isResult($user)) {
-			$data = ActivityPub\Transmitter::getProfile($user['uid']);
-			header('Content-Type: application/activity+json');
-			echo json_encode($data);
-			exit();
-		}
-	}
-
-	Profile::load($a, $which, $profile);
-
-	$blocked   = !local_user() && !remote_user() && Config::get('system', 'block_public');
-	$userblock = !local_user() && !remote_user() && $a->profile['hidewall'];
-
-	if (!empty($a->profile['page-flags']) && $a->profile['page-flags'] == User::PAGE_FLAGS_COMMUNITY) {
-		$a->page['htmlhead'] .= '<meta name="friendica.community" content="true" />';
-	}
-
-	if (!empty($a->profile['openidserver'])) {
-		$a->page['htmlhead'] .= '<link rel="openid.server" href="' . $a->profile['openidserver'] . '" />' . "\r\n";
-	}
-
-	if (!empty($a->profile['openid'])) {
-		$delegate = strstr($a->profile['openid'], '://') ? $a->profile['openid'] : 'https://' . $a->profile['openid'];
-		$a->page['htmlhead'] .= '<link rel="openid.delegate" href="' . $delegate . '" />' . "\r\n";
-	}
-
-	// site block
-	if (!$blocked && !$userblock) {
-		$keywords = str_replace(['#', ',', ' ', ',,'], ['', ' ', ',', ','], defaults($a->profile, 'pub_keywords', ''));
-		if (strlen($keywords)) {
-			$a->page['htmlhead'] .= '<meta name="keywords" content="' . $keywords . '" />' . "\r\n";
-		}
-	}
-
-	$a->page['htmlhead'] .= '<meta name="dfrn-global-visibility" content="' . ($a->profile['net-publish'] ? 'true' : 'false') . '" />' . "\r\n";
-	$a->page['htmlhead'] .= '<link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" href="' . System::baseUrl() . '/dfrn_poll/' . $which . '" title="DFRN: ' . L10n::t('%s\'s timeline', $a->profile['username']) . '"/>' . "\r\n";
-	$a->page['htmlhead'] .= '<link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" href="' . System::baseUrl() . '/feed/' . $which . '/" title="' . L10n::t('%s\'s posts', $a->profile['username']) . '"/>' . "\r\n";
-	$a->page['htmlhead'] .= '<link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" href="' . System::baseUrl() . '/feed/' . $which . '/comments" title="' . L10n::t('%s\'s comments', $a->profile['username']) . '"/>' . "\r\n";
-	$a->page['htmlhead'] .= '<link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" href="' . System::baseUrl() . '/feed/' . $which . '/activity" title="' . L10n::t('%s\'s timeline', $a->profile['username']) . '"/>' . "\r\n";
-	$uri = urlencode('acct:' . $a->profile['nickname'] . '@' . $a->getHostName() . ($a->getURLPath() ? '/' . $a->getURLPath() : ''));
-	$a->page['htmlhead'] .= '<link rel="lrdd" type="application/xrd+xml" href="' . System::baseUrl() . '/xrd/?uri=' . $uri . '" />' . "\r\n";
-	header('Link: <' . System::baseUrl() . '/xrd/?uri=' . $uri . '>; rel="lrdd"; type="application/xrd+xml"', false);
-
-	$dfrn_pages = ['request', 'confirm', 'notify', 'poll'];
-	foreach ($dfrn_pages as $dfrn) {
-		$a->page['htmlhead'] .= "<link rel=\"dfrn-{$dfrn}\" href=\"" . System::baseUrl() . "/dfrn_{$dfrn}/{$which}\" />\r\n";
-	}
-	$a->page['htmlhead'] .= '<link rel="dfrn-poco" href="' . System::baseUrl() . "/poco/{$which}\" />\r\n";
-}
-
-function profile_content(App $a, $update = 0)
-{
-	$category = $datequery = $datequery2 = '';
-
-	if ($a->argc > 2) {
-		for ($x = 2; $x < $a->argc; $x ++) {
-			if (is_a_date_arg($a->argv[$x])) {
-				if ($datequery) {
-					$datequery2 = Strings::escapeHtml($a->argv[$x]);
-				} else {
-					$datequery = Strings::escapeHtml($a->argv[$x]);
-				}
-			} else {
-				$category = $a->argv[$x];
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	if (empty($category)) {
-		$category = defaults($_GET, 'category', '');
-	}
-
-	$hashtags = defaults($_GET, 'tag', '');
-
-	if (Config::get('system', 'block_public') && !local_user() && !remote_user()) {
-		return Login::form();
-	}
-
-	$groups = [];
-	$remote_cid = null;
-
-	$o = '';
-
-	if ($update) {
-		// Ensure we've got a profile owner if updating.
-		$a->profile['profile_uid'] = $update;
-	} elseif ($a->profile['profile_uid'] == local_user()) {
-		Nav::setSelected('home');
-	}
-
-	$remote_contact = Contact::isFollower(remote_user(), $a->profile['profile_uid']);
-	$is_owner = local_user() == $a->profile['profile_uid'];
-	$last_updated_key = "profile:" . $a->profile['profile_uid'] . ":" . local_user() . ":" . remote_user();
-
-	if ($remote_contact) {
-		$cdata = Contact::getPublicAndUserContacID(remote_user(), $a->profile['profile_uid']);
-		if (!empty($cdata['user'])) {
-			$groups = Group::getIdsByContactId($cdata['user']);
-			$remote_cid = $cdata['user'];
-		}
-	}
-
-	if (!empty($a->profile['hidewall']) && !$is_owner && !$remote_contact) {
-		notice(L10n::t('Access to this profile has been restricted.') . EOL);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	if (!$update) {
-		$tab = false;
-		if (!empty($_GET['tab'])) {
-			$tab = Strings::escapeTags(trim($_GET['tab']));
-		}
-
-		$o .= Profile::getTabs($a, $is_owner, $a->profile['nickname']);
-
-		if ($tab === 'profile') {
-			$o .= Profile::getAdvanced($a);
-			Hook::callAll('profile_advanced', $o);
-			return $o;
-		}
-
-		$o .= Widget::commonFriendsVisitor($a->profile['profile_uid']);
-
-		$commpage = $a->profile['page-flags'] == User::PAGE_FLAGS_COMMUNITY;
-		$commvisitor = $commpage && $remote_contact;
-
-		$a->page['aside'] .= posted_date_widget(System::baseUrl(true) . '/profile/' . $a->profile['nickname'], $a->profile['profile_uid'], true);
-		$a->page['aside'] .= Widget::categories(System::baseUrl(true) . '/profile/' . $a->profile['nickname'], (!empty($category) ? XML::escape($category) : ''));
-		$a->page['aside'] .= Widget::tagCloud();
-
-		if (Security::canWriteToUserWall($a->profile['profile_uid'])) {
-			$x = [
-				'is_owner' => $is_owner,
-				'allow_location' => ($is_owner || $commvisitor) && $a->profile['allow_location'],
-				'default_location' => $is_owner ? $a->user['default-location'] : '',
-				'nickname' => $a->profile['nickname'],
-				'lockstate' => is_array($a->user)
-					&& (strlen($a->user['allow_cid'])
-						|| strlen($a->user['allow_gid'])
-						|| strlen($a->user['deny_cid'])
-						|| strlen($a->user['deny_gid'])
-					) ? 'lock' : 'unlock',
-				'acl' => $is_owner ? ACL::getFullSelectorHTML($a->user, true) : '',
-				'bang' => '',
-				'visitor' => $is_owner || $commvisitor ? 'block' : 'none',
-				'profile_uid' => $a->profile['profile_uid'],
-			];
-
-			$o .= status_editor($a, $x);
-		}
-	}
-
-	// Get permissions SQL - if $remote_contact is true, our remote user has been pre-verified and we already have fetched his/her groups
-	$sql_extra = Item::getPermissionsSQLByUserId($a->profile['profile_uid'], $remote_contact, $groups, $remote_cid);
-	$sql_extra2 = '';
-
-	if ($update) {
-		$last_updated = (defaults($_SESSION['last_updated'], $last_updated_key, 0));
-
-		// If the page user is the owner of the page we should query for unseen
-		// items. Otherwise use a timestamp of the last succesful update request.
-		if ($is_owner || !$last_updated) {
-			$sql_extra4 = " AND `item`.`unseen`";
-		} else {
-			$gmupdate = gmdate(DateTimeFormat::MYSQL, $last_updated);
-			$sql_extra4 = " AND `item`.`received` > '" . $gmupdate . "'";
-		}
-
-		$items = q("SELECT DISTINCT(`parent-uri`) AS `uri`, `item`.`created`
-			FROM `item` INNER JOIN `contact` ON `contact`.`id` = `item`.`contact-id`
-			AND NOT `contact`.`blocked` AND NOT `contact`.`pending`
-			WHERE `item`.`uid` = %d AND `item`.`visible` AND
-			(NOT `item`.`deleted` OR `item`.`gravity` = %d)
-			AND NOT `item`.`moderated` AND `item`.`wall`
-			$sql_extra4
-			$sql_extra
-			ORDER BY `item`.`created` DESC",
-			intval($a->profile['profile_uid']), intval(GRAVITY_ACTIVITY)
-		);
-
-		if (!DBA::isResult($items)) {
-			return '';
-		}
-
-		$pager = new Pager($a->query_string);
-	} else {
-		$sql_post_table = "";
-
-		if (!empty($category)) {
-			$sql_post_table = sprintf("INNER JOIN (SELECT `oid` FROM `term` WHERE `term` = '%s' AND `otype` = %d AND `type` = %d AND `uid` = %d ORDER BY `tid` DESC) AS `term` ON `item`.`id` = `term`.`oid` ",
-				DBA::escape(Strings::protectSprintf($category)), intval(TERM_OBJ_POST), intval(TERM_CATEGORY), intval($a->profile['profile_uid']));
-		}
-
-		if (!empty($hashtags)) {
-			$sql_post_table .= sprintf("INNER JOIN (SELECT `oid` FROM `term` WHERE `term` = '%s' AND `otype` = %d AND `type` = %d AND `uid` = %d ORDER BY `tid` DESC) AS `term` ON `item`.`id` = `term`.`oid` ",
-				DBA::escape(Strings::protectSprintf($hashtags)), intval(TERM_OBJ_POST), intval(TERM_HASHTAG), intval($a->profile['profile_uid']));
-		}
-
-		if (!empty($datequery)) {
-			$sql_extra2 .= Strings::protectSprintf(sprintf(" AND `thread`.`created` <= '%s' ", DBA::escape(DateTimeFormat::convert($datequery, 'UTC', date_default_timezone_get()))));
-		}
-		if (!empty($datequery2)) {
-			$sql_extra2 .= Strings::protectSprintf(sprintf(" AND `thread`.`created` >= '%s' ", DBA::escape(DateTimeFormat::convert($datequery2, 'UTC', date_default_timezone_get()))));
-		}
-
-		// Does the profile page belong to a forum?
-		// If not then we can improve the performance with an additional condition
-		$condition = ['uid' => $a->profile['profile_uid'], 'page-flags' => [User::PAGE_FLAGS_COMMUNITY, User::PAGE_FLAGS_PRVGROUP]];
-		if (!DBA::exists('user', $condition)) {
-			$sql_extra3 = sprintf(" AND `thread`.`contact-id` = %d ", intval(intval($a->profile['contact_id'])));
-		} else {
-			$sql_extra3 = "";
-		}
-
-		//  check if we serve a mobile device and get the user settings
-		//  accordingly
-		if ($a->is_mobile) {
-			$itemspage_network = PConfig::get(local_user(), 'system', 'itemspage_mobile_network', 10);
-		} else {
-			$itemspage_network = PConfig::get(local_user(), 'system', 'itemspage_network', 20);
-		}
-
-		//  now that we have the user settings, see if the theme forces
-		//  a maximum item number which is lower then the user choice
-		if (($a->force_max_items > 0) && ($a->force_max_items < $itemspage_network)) {
-			$itemspage_network = $a->force_max_items;
-		}
-
-		$pager = new Pager($a->query_string, $itemspage_network);
-
-		$pager_sql = sprintf(" LIMIT %d, %d ", $pager->getStart(), $pager->getItemsPerPage());
-
-		$items = q("SELECT `item`.`uri`
-			FROM `thread`
-			STRAIGHT_JOIN `item` ON `item`.`id` = `thread`.`iid`
-			$sql_post_table
-			STRAIGHT_JOIN `contact` ON `contact`.`id` = `thread`.`contact-id`
-				AND NOT `contact`.`blocked` AND NOT `contact`.`pending`
-			WHERE `thread`.`uid` = %d AND `thread`.`visible`
-				AND NOT `thread`.`deleted`
-				AND NOT `thread`.`moderated`
-				AND `thread`.`wall`
-				$sql_extra3 $sql_extra $sql_extra2
-			ORDER BY `thread`.`created` DESC $pager_sql",
-			intval($a->profile['profile_uid'])
-		);
-	}
-
-	// Set a time stamp for this page. We will make use of it when we
-	// search for new items (update routine)
-	$_SESSION['last_updated'][$last_updated_key] = time();
-
-	if ($is_owner && !$update && !Config::get('theme', 'hide_eventlist')) {
-		$o .= Profile::getBirthdays();
-		$o .= Profile::getEventsReminderHTML();
-	}
-
-	if ($is_owner) {
-		$unseen = Item::exists(['wall' => true, 'unseen' => true, 'uid' => local_user()]);
-		if ($unseen) {
-			Item::update(['unseen' => false], ['wall' => true, 'unseen' => true, 'uid' => local_user()]);
-		}
-	}
-
-	$o .= conversation($a, $items, $pager, 'profile', $update, false, 'created', $a->profile['profile_uid']);
-
-	if (!$update) {
-		$o .= $pager->renderMinimal(count($items));
-	}
-
-	return $o;
-}