eventespresso / event-espresso-core

        $nonce_ref = 'activate_' . $this->_req_data['context'] . '_toggle_nonce';

        $this->_verify_nonce($nonce, $nonce_ref);

        $status = $this->_req_data['status'];

        if ($status !== 'off' && $status !== 'on') {

            EE_Error::add_error(

                sprintf(

                    esc_html__('The given status (%s) is not valid. Must be "off" or "on"', 'event_espresso'),

                    $this->_req_data['status']

                ),

                __FILE__,

                __FUNCTION__,

                __LINE__

            );

            $success = false;

        }

        $message_template_group = EEM_Message_Template_Group::instance()->get_one_by_ID(

            $this->_req_data['message_template_group_id']

        );

        // do check to verify we have a valid status.

        $status = $this->_req_data['status'];

        if ($status !== 'off' && $status !== 'on') {

            EE_Error::add_error(

                sprintf(

                    esc_html__('The given status (%s) is not valid. Must be "off" or "on"', 'event_espresso'),

                    $this->_req_data['status']

                ),

                __FILE__,

                __FUNCTION__,

                __LINE__

            );

            $success = false;

        }

        if ($success) {

            // made it here?  Stop dawdling then!!

        // do check to verify we have a valid status.

        $status = $this->_req_data['status'];

        if ($status !== 'activate' && $status !== 'deactivate') {

            EE_Error::add_error(

                sprintf(

                    esc_html__('The given status (%s) is not valid. Must be "active" or "inactive"', 'event_espresso'),

                    $this->_req_data['status']

                ),

                __FILE__,

                __FUNCTION__,

                __LINE__

            );

            $success = false;

        }

        // do a nonce check here since we're not arriving via a normal route