Buddypress Exclude members by roles

exclude-members-by-roles.php

function get_user_ids_by_role($role){
	$users=array();
	$founded_users = get_users( array( 'role' => $role ) );
	if(!empty($founded_users)){
		foreach((array)$founded_users as $user)
			$users[]=$user->ID;
	}

	return $users;
}

function exclude_by_role( $exclude_roles, $implode = true ) {
    $memberArray = array();
    foreach ( $exclude_roles as $exclude_role ) { 
    	$memberArray = array_merge($memberArray, get_user_ids_by_role($exclude_role) ); 
    } 

    if( !$implode ) 
    	return $memberArray;

    $theExcludeString = implode( ",", $memberArray );
    return $theExcludeString; 
}


add_action('bp_ajax_querystring','bp_exclude_byroles',20, 2);
function bp_exclude_byroles($qs=false,$object=false){

	if($object!='members') //hide for members only
	return $qs;

	$args = wp_parse_args($qs);
	//check if we are searching for friends list etc?, do not exclude in this case
	if(!empty($args['user_id']))
	  return $qs;

	$excluded_roles = array( 'administrator', 'subscriber' ); // you can add roles here
	$exclude = exclude_by_role( $excluded_roles );

	if(!empty($args['exclude']))
	  $args['exclude']=$args['exclude'].','.$exclude;
	else
	  $args['exclude'] = $exclude;
	  
	$qs = build_query($args);
	return $qs;
}

I find this breaks pagination - did you have that issue? I've tried using the functions in the template directly and in functions.php Thanks for the tip!