Currently have this module enabled on a forum to close topics, open topics and add tags such as [Resources] with the help of custom PHP code.

Now the flag module works fine as I need it to however, after a certain period, the buttons disappear which require me to restart the module by disabling and enabling it again.

Any possible reasons why this happens?

UPDATE: Sorry but I should have been more clear by what i mean by the buttons. (see attached image)

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What do you mean by 'buttons'?

Have you tried clearing your caches?

> to close topics, open topics and add tags such as [Resources] with the help of custom PHP code.

It sounds like you're not actually flagging anything, you're just using Flag's UI. In which case, you'd be better off with https://drupal.org/project/fasttoggle.

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Sorry, I don't know what you're showing me. Are those views fields, or links on full entities, or something else?

Have you tried clearing your cache when it happens?

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Clearing the cache doesn't solve my issue.

I am flagging nodes that trigger a certain action such as turning off commenting for a certain node and altering the title of a node.

I would also like to mention that I'm running the module in two different environments, A dev server where the module doesn't have this issue and a live server where the module is having problems. Could this possibly be server related?

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Those are the "buttons" that are created by the flag module. They are links on full entities.

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> I am flagging nodes that trigger a certain action such as turning off commenting for a certain node and altering the title of a node.

It really sounds like you're not actually using Flag for its intended purpose, but just the UI element.

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>It really sounds like you're not actually using Flag for its intended purpose, but just the UI element.

It was the only module that got the result I needed. I'm using the api within a PHP snippet that adds relevant tags to a node title when an administrator selects one of flags/buttons shown in the image I uploaded earlier.

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> I'm using the api within a PHP snippet that adds relevant tags to a node title when an administrator selects one of flags/buttons shown in the image I uploaded earlier.

Where's the PHP snippet?

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>Where's the PHP snippet?

The PHP snippet is located within a view field. It's excluded from display and then is added to the Title fields as a rewrite rule. This then displays the relevant tag to the title. Below is the PHP code.

<?php 
$flag_solved = flag_get_flag('solved');
$flag_resource = flag_get_flag('resource');
$flag_close= flag_get_flag('close');
if ($flag_solved->is_flagged($row->nid))
{
  print '[Solved]';
}
if ($flag_resource->is_flagged($row->nid))
{
  print '[Resource]';
}
if ($flag_close->is_flagged($row->nid))
{
  print '[Closed]';
}
?>