public static function get( $args = array() ) {
		global $wpdb;

		$function_args = func_get_args();

		// Backward compatibility with old method of passing arguments.
		if ( !is_array( $args ) || count( $function_args ) > 1 ) {
			_deprecated_argument( __METHOD__, '1.6', sprintf( __( 'Arguments passed to %1$s should be in an associative array. See the inline documentation at %2$s for more details.', 'buddypress' ), __METHOD__, __FILE__ ) );

			$old_args_keys = array(
				0 => 'max',
				1 => 'page',
				2 => 'per_page',
				3 => 'sort',
				4 => 'search_terms',
				5 => 'filter',
				6 => 'display_comments',
				7 => 'show_hidden',
				8 => 'exclude',
				9 => 'in',
				10 => 'spam'
			);

			$args = bp_core_parse_args_array( $old_args_keys, $function_args );
		}

		$bp = buddypress();
		$r  = wp_parse_args( $args, array(
			'page'              => 1,               // The current page.
			'per_page'          => 25,              // Activity items per page.
			'max'               => false,           // Max number of items to return.
			'fields'            => 'all',           // Fields to include.
			'sort'              => 'DESC',          // ASC or DESC.
			'order_by'          => 'date_recorded', // Column to order by.
			'exclude'           => false,           // Array of ids to exclude.
			'in'                => false,           // Array of ids to limit query by (IN).
			'meta_query'        => false,           // Filter by activitymeta.
			'date_query'        => false,           // Filter by date.
			'filter_query'      => false,           // Advanced filtering - see BP_Activity_Query.
			'filter'            => false,           // See self::get_filter_sql().
			'scope'             => false,           // Preset activity arguments.
			'search_terms'      => false,           // Terms to search by.
			'display_comments'  => false,           // Whether to include activity comments.
			'show_hidden'       => false,           // Show items marked hide_sitewide.
			'spam'              => 'ham_only',      // Spam status.
			'update_meta_cache' => true,            // Whether or not to update meta cache.
			'count_total'       => false,           // Whether or not to use count_total.
		) );

		// Select conditions.
		$select_sql = "SELECT DISTINCT a.id";

		$from_sql   = " FROM {$bp->activity->table_name} a";

		$join_sql   = '';

		// Where conditions.
		$where_conditions = array();

		// Excluded types.
		$excluded_types = array();

		// Scope takes precedence.
		if ( ! empty( $r['scope'] ) ) {
			$scope_query = self::get_scope_query_sql( $r['scope'], $r );

			// Add our SQL conditions if matches were found.
			if ( ! empty( $scope_query['sql'] ) ) {
				$where_conditions['scope_query_sql'] = $scope_query['sql'];
			}

			// Override some arguments if needed.
			if ( ! empty( $scope_query['override'] ) ) {
				$r = array_replace_recursive( $r, $scope_query['override'] );
			}

			// Advanced filtering.
		} elseif ( ! empty( $r['filter_query'] ) ) {
			$filter_query = new BP_Activity_Query( $r['filter_query'] );
			$sql          = $filter_query->get_sql();
			if ( ! empty( $sql ) ) {
				$where_conditions['filter_query_sql'] = $sql;
			}
		}

		// Regular filtering.
		if ( $r['filter'] && $filter_sql = BP_Activity_Activity::get_filter_sql( $r['filter'] ) ) {
			$where_conditions['filter_sql'] = $filter_sql;
		}

		// Spam.
		if ( 'ham_only' == $r['spam'] ) {
			$where_conditions['spam_sql'] = 'a.is_spam = 0';
		} elseif ( 'spam_only' == $r['spam'] ) {
			$where_conditions['spam_sql'] = 'a.is_spam = 1';
		}

		// Searching.
		if ( $r['search_terms'] ) {
			$search_terms_like = '%' . bp_esc_like( $r['search_terms'] ) . '%';
			$where_conditions['search_sql'] = $wpdb->prepare( 'a.content LIKE %s', $search_terms_like );

			/**
			 * Filters whether or not to include users for search parameters.
			 *
			 * @since 3.0.0
			 *
			 * @param bool $value Whether or not to include user search. Default false.
			 */
			if ( apply_filters( 'bp_activity_get_include_user_search', false ) ) {
				$user_search = get_user_by( 'slug', $r['search_terms'] );
				if ( false !== $user_search ) {
					$user_id                         = $user_search->ID;
					$where_conditions['search_sql'] .= $wpdb->prepare( ' OR a.user_id = %d', $user_id );
				}
			}
		}

		// Sorting.
		$sort = $r['sort'];
		if ( $sort != 'ASC' && $sort != 'DESC' ) {
			$sort = 'DESC';
		}

		switch( $r['order_by'] ) {
			case 'id' :
			case 'user_id' :
			case 'component' :
			case 'type' :
			case 'action' :
			case 'content' :
			case 'primary_link' :
			case 'item_id' :
			case 'secondary_item_id' :
			case 'date_recorded' :
			case 'hide_sitewide' :
			case 'mptt_left' :
			case 'mptt_right' :
			case 'is_spam' :
				break;

			default :
				$r['order_by'] = 'date_recorded';
				break;
		}
		$order_by = 'a.' . $r['order_by'];

		// Hide Hidden Items?
		if ( ! $r['show_hidden'] ) {
			$where_conditions['hidden_sql'] = "a.hide_sitewide = 0";
		}

		// Exclude specified items.
		if ( ! empty( $r['exclude'] ) ) {
			$exclude = implode( ',', wp_parse_id_list( $r['exclude'] ) );
			$where_conditions['exclude'] = "a.id NOT IN ({$exclude})";
		}

		// The specific ids to which you want to limit the query.
		if ( ! empty( $r['in'] ) ) {
			$in = implode( ',', wp_parse_id_list( $r['in'] ) );
			$where_conditions['in'] = "a.id IN ({$in})";
		}

		// Process meta_query into SQL.
		$meta_query_sql = self::get_meta_query_sql( $r['meta_query'] );

		if ( ! empty( $meta_query_sql['join'] ) ) {
			$join_sql .= $meta_query_sql['join'];
		}

		if ( ! empty( $meta_query_sql['where'] ) ) {
			$where_conditions[] = $meta_query_sql['where'];
		}

		// Process date_query into SQL.
		$date_query_sql = self::get_date_query_sql( $r['date_query'] );

		if ( ! empty( $date_query_sql ) ) {
			$where_conditions['date'] = $date_query_sql;
		}

		// Alter the query based on whether we want to show activity item
		// comments in the stream like normal comments or threaded below
		// the activity.
		if ( false === $r['display_comments'] || 'threaded' === $r['display_comments'] ) {
			$excluded_types[] = 'activity_comment';
		}

		// Exclude 'last_activity' items unless the 'action' filter has
		// been explicitly set.
		if ( empty( $r['filter']['object'] ) ) {
			$excluded_types[] = 'last_activity';
		}

		// Build the excluded type sql part.
		if ( ! empty( $excluded_types ) ) {
			$not_in = "'" . implode( "', '", esc_sql( $excluded_types ) ) . "'";
			$where_conditions['excluded_types'] = "a.type NOT IN ({$not_in})";
		}

		/**
		 * Filters the MySQL WHERE conditions for the Activity items get method.
		 *
		 * @since 1.9.0
		 *
		 * @param array  $where_conditions Current conditions for MySQL WHERE statement.
		 * @param array  $r                Parsed arguments passed into method.
		 * @param string $select_sql       Current SELECT MySQL statement at point of execution.
		 * @param string $from_sql         Current FROM MySQL statement at point of execution.
		 * @param string $join_sql         Current INNER JOIN MySQL statement at point of execution.
		 */
		$where_conditions = apply_filters( 'bp_activity_get_where_conditions', $where_conditions, $r, $select_sql, $from_sql, $join_sql );

		// Join the where conditions together.
		$where_sql = 'WHERE ' . join( ' AND ', $where_conditions );

		/**
		 * Filter the MySQL JOIN clause for the main activity query.
		 *
		 * @since 2.5.0
		 *
		 * @param string $join_sql   JOIN clause.
		 * @param array  $r          Method parameters.
		 * @param string $select_sql Current SELECT MySQL statement.
		 * @param string $from_sql   Current FROM MySQL statement.
		 * @param string $where_sql  Current WHERE MySQL statement.
		 */
		$join_sql = apply_filters( 'bp_activity_get_join_sql', $join_sql, $r, $select_sql, $from_sql, $where_sql );

		// Sanitize page and per_page parameters.
		$page     = absint( $r['page']     );
		$per_page = absint( $r['per_page'] );

		$retval = array(
			'activities'     => null,
			'total'          => null,
			'has_more_items' => null,
		);

		/**
		 * Filters if BuddyPress should use legacy query structure over current structure for version 2.0+.
		 *
		 * It is not recommended to use the legacy structure, but allowed to if needed.
		 *
		 * @since 2.0.0
		 *
		 * @param bool                 $value Whether to use legacy structure or not.
		 * @param BP_Activity_Activity $value Current method being called.
		 * @param array                $r     Parsed arguments passed into method.
		 */
		if ( apply_filters( 'bp_use_legacy_activity_query', false, __METHOD__, $r ) ) {

			// Legacy queries joined against the user table.
			$select_sql = "SELECT DISTINCT a.*, u.user_email, u.user_nicename, u.user_login, u.display_name";
			$from_sql   = " FROM {$bp->activity->table_name} a LEFT JOIN {$wpdb->users} u ON a.user_id = u.ID";

			if ( ! empty( $page ) && ! empty( $per_page ) ) {
				$pag_sql = $wpdb->prepare( "LIMIT %d, %d", absint( ( $page - 1 ) * $per_page ), $per_page );

				/** This filter is documented in bp-activity/bp-activity-classes.php */
				$activity_sql = apply_filters( 'bp_activity_get_user_join_filter', "{$select_sql} {$from_sql} {$join_sql} {$where_sql} ORDER BY a.date_recorded {$sort}, a.id {$sort} {$pag_sql}", $select_sql, $from_sql, $where_sql, $sort, $pag_sql );
			} else {
				$pag_sql = '';

				/**
				 * Filters the legacy MySQL query statement so plugins can alter before results are fetched.
				 *
				 * @since 1.5.0
				 *
				 * @param string $value      Concatenated MySQL statement pieces to be query results with for legacy query.
				 * @param string $select_sql Final SELECT MySQL statement portion for legacy query.
				 * @param string $from_sql   Final FROM MySQL statement portion for legacy query.
				 * @param string $where_sql  Final WHERE MySQL statement portion for legacy query.
				 * @param string $sort       Final sort direction for legacy query.
				 */
				$activity_sql = apply_filters( 'bp_activity_get_user_join_filter', "{$select_sql} {$from_sql} {$join_sql} {$where_sql} ORDER BY a.date_recorded {$sort}, a.id {$sort}", $select_sql, $from_sql, $where_sql, $sort, $pag_sql );
			}

			/*
			 * Queries that include 'last_activity' are cached separately,
			 * since they are generally much less long-lived.
			 */
			if ( preg_match( '/a\.type NOT IN \([^\)]*\'last_activity\'[^\)]*\)/', $activity_sql ) ) {
				$cache_group = 'bp_activity';
			} else {
				$cache_group = 'bp_activity_with_last_activity';
			}

			$activities = $wpdb->get_results( $activity_sql );

			// Integer casting for legacy activity query.
			foreach ( (array) $activities as $i => $ac ) {
				$activities[ $i ]->id                = (int) $ac->id;
				$activities[ $i ]->item_id           = (int) $ac->item_id;
				$activities[ $i ]->secondary_item_id = (int) $ac->secondary_item_id;
				$activities[ $i ]->user_id           = (int) $ac->user_id;
				$activities[ $i ]->hide_sitewide     = (int) $ac->hide_sitewide;
				$activities[ $i ]->mptt_left         = (int) $ac->mptt_left;
				$activities[ $i ]->mptt_right        = (int) $ac->mptt_right;
				$activities[ $i ]->is_spam           = (int) $ac->is_spam;
			}

		} else {
			// Query first for activity IDs.
			$activity_ids_sql = "{$select_sql} {$from_sql} {$join_sql} {$where_sql} ORDER BY {$order_by} {$sort}, a.id {$sort}";

			if ( ! empty( $per_page ) && ! empty( $page ) ) {
				// We query for $per_page + 1 items in order to
				// populate the has_more_items flag.
				$activity_ids_sql .= $wpdb->prepare( " LIMIT %d, %d", absint( ( $page - 1 ) * $per_page ), $per_page + 1 );
			}

			/**
			 * Filters the paged activities MySQL statement.
			 *
			 * @since 2.0.0
			 *
			 * @param string $activity_ids_sql MySQL statement used to query for Activity IDs.
			 * @param array  $r                Array of arguments passed into method.
			 */
			$activity_ids_sql = apply_filters( 'bp_activity_paged_activities_sql', $activity_ids_sql, $r );

			/*
			 * Queries that include 'last_activity' are cached separately,
			 * since they are generally much less long-lived.
			 */
			if ( preg_match( '/a\.type NOT IN \([^\)]*\'last_activity\'[^\)]*\)/', $activity_ids_sql ) ) {
				$cache_group = 'bp_activity';
			} else {
				$cache_group = 'bp_activity_with_last_activity';
			}

			$cached = bp_core_get_incremented_cache( $activity_ids_sql, $cache_group );
			if ( false === $cached ) {
				$activity_ids = $wpdb->get_col( $activity_ids_sql );
				bp_core_set_incremented_cache( $activity_ids_sql, $cache_group, $activity_ids );
			} else {
				$activity_ids = $cached;
			}

			$retval['has_more_items'] = ! empty( $per_page ) && count( $activity_ids ) > $per_page;

			// If we've fetched more than the $per_page value, we
			// can discard the extra now.
			if ( ! empty( $per_page ) && count( $activity_ids ) === $per_page + 1 ) {
				array_pop( $activity_ids );
			}

			if ( 'ids' === $r['fields'] ) {
				$activities = array_map( 'intval', $activity_ids );
			} else {
				$activities = self::get_activity_data( $activity_ids );
			}
		}

		if ( 'ids' !== $r['fields'] ) {
			// Get the fullnames of users so we don't have to query in the loop.
			$activities = self::append_user_fullnames( $activities );

			// Get activity meta.
			$activity_ids = array();
			foreach ( (array) $activities as $activity ) {
				$activity_ids[] = $activity->id;
			}

			if ( ! empty( $activity_ids ) && $r['update_meta_cache'] ) {
				bp_activity_update_meta_cache( $activity_ids );
			}

			if ( $activities && $r['display_comments'] ) {
				$activities = BP_Activity_Activity::append_comments( $activities, $r['spam'] );
			}

			// Pre-fetch data associated with activity users and other objects.
			BP_Activity_Activity::prefetch_object_data( $activities );

			// Generate action strings.
			$activities = BP_Activity_Activity::generate_action_strings( $activities );
		}

		$retval['activities'] = $activities;

		// If $max is set, only return up to the max results.
		if ( ! empty( $r['count_total'] ) ) {

			/**
			 * Filters the total activities MySQL statement.
			 *
			 * @since 1.5.0
			 *
			 * @param string $value     MySQL statement used to query for total activities.
			 * @param string $where_sql MySQL WHERE statement portion.
			 * @param string $sort      Sort direction for query.
			 */
			$total_activities_sql = apply_filters( 'bp_activity_total_activities_sql', "SELECT count(DISTINCT a.id) FROM {$bp->activity->table_name} a {$join_sql} {$where_sql}", $where_sql, $sort );
			$cached = bp_core_get_incremented_cache( $total_activities_sql, $cache_group );
			if ( false === $cached ) {
				$total_activities = $wpdb->get_var( $total_activities_sql );
				bp_core_set_incremented_cache( $total_activities_sql, $cache_group, $total_activities );
			} else {
				$total_activities = $cached;
			}

			if ( !empty( $r['max'] ) ) {
				if ( (int) $total_activities > (int) $r['max'] ) {
					$total_activities = $r['max'];
				}
			}

			$retval['total'] = $total_activities;
		}

		return $retval;
	}