Buddypress groups_create_group undefined - php

Question

I am trying to create a buddypress through a custom plugin with the following code
if(isset($_POST['update-groups'])){
global $wpdb;
require_once("https://dev.technologyforthefuture.org/wp-load.php");
$csv_us_city_map = array_map('str_getcsv',file("https://dev.technologyforthefuture.org/wp-content/plugins/t4tf/Data_Files/uscountiesv1.0.0.csv"));
/*$groups = BP_Groups_Group::get(array(
'type'=>'alphabetical',
'per_page'=> -1
));*/
for($i =0; $i < count($csv_us_city_map); $i++){
$countyName = $csv_us_city_map[$i][0];
$stateName = $csv_us_city_map[$i][2];
$fullGroupName = $countyName . ", " . $stateName;
$groupSlug = strtolower($countyName) . "-" . strtolower($stateName);
$groupDescription = "<span style=\"font-family: Roboto, sans-serif;font-size: 13px;text-align: center\">Together we OPEN Doors to a brighter future for the students in $fullGroupName, $stateName.</span>";
//$groups = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT * FROM wp_bp_groups");
//$newGroup = $wpdb->insert("wp_bp_groups",array('creator_id' => 1, 'name' => $fullGroupName, 'slug' => $groupSlug, 'description' => $groupDescription, 'status' => 'public'));
$args = array(
'group_id' => 0,
'creator_id' => 1,
'name' => $fullGroupName,
'description' => $groupDescription,
'slug' => $groupSlug,
'status' => 'public',
'parent_id' => 0,
'enable_forum' => 0
);
$newGroup = groups_create_group($args);
}
}
I am getting this error when running this code
Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function groups_create_group()
I have tried as you can see to include the wp-load.php file and I have even required the file containing the function groups_create_group but it always shows this same error and I do not know why the function is undefined
SO How do I fix this error?
The path to the file that im working on is wp-content/plugins/t4tf/t4tf.php

Answer 1

Do not use http urls to include php files.
require_once("https://dev.technologyforthefuture.org/wp-load.php");
is plain wrong on so many levels.
Use relative or absolute file system path.
It is not clear where your code is used exactly, so I can't just give you a working code, but something like the following line should work:
require_once(__DIR__ . '/../wp-load.php');