X-Git-Url: https://vcs.fsf.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=CRM%2FUtils%2FDeprecatedUtils.php;h=0fda33b51655724e5c3e980d03e9cf7c6fd576d4;hb=28ebaf5ff30bf42d12ddb91dd6a95ec4fa4859c7;hp=4ec6275a363a9e75ca8b2c090152e23eb71a5a17;hpb=c825f7b252ea9f2d74b46d246286166d4407143c;p=civicrm-core.git

diff --git a/CRM/Utils/DeprecatedUtils.php b/CRM/Utils/DeprecatedUtils.php
index 4ec6275a36..0fda33b516 100644
--- a/CRM/Utils/DeprecatedUtils.php
+++ b/CRM/Utils/DeprecatedUtils.php
@@ -285,11 +285,13 @@ function _civicrm_api3_deprecated_formatted_param($params, &$values, $create = F
         }
         $dao = new CRM_Core_DAO();
         $qParams = array();
-        $svq = $dao->singleValueQuery("SELECT id FROM civicrm_contact WHERE id = $value",
+        $svq = $dao->singleValueQuery("SELECT is_deleted FROM civicrm_contact WHERE id = $value",
           $qParams
         );
-        if (!$svq) {
+        if (!isset($svq)) {
           return civicrm_api3_create_error("Invalid Contact ID: There is no contact record with contact_id = $value.");
+        } else if ($svq == 1) {
+          return civicrm_api3_create_error("Invalid Contact ID: contact_id $value is a soft-deleted contact.");
         }
 
         $values['contact_id'] = $values['contribution_contact_id'];
@@ -871,7 +873,7 @@ function _civicrm_api3_deprecated_add_formatted_param(&$values, &$params) {
     return TRUE;
   }
 
-  if (isset($values['preferred_communication_method'])) {
+  if (!empty($values['preferred_communication_method'])) {
     $comm = array();
     $pcm = array_change_key_case(array_flip(CRM_Core_PseudoConstant::get('CRM_Contact_DAO_Contact', 'preferred_communication_method')), CASE_LOWER);