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1. Icethrill
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   Hey! I am trying to figure out how I can disable comments if they are relatives to a category. I want to check if any categories you choose for a post is a relative to a certain grandparent category named "Publications".

   At the moment I am using the theme thematic. Anyone knows? I don't really want the customer to be having to add Closed comments everytime when he makes a post for a publication.

   Is there an easy way to do this?

2. Icethrill
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   This was easier than I thought...

   $cat = get_category_by_path(get_query_var('category_name'),false);
   $cat2 = $cat->cat_ID;
   
   $cat1 = 54;
   
   $ancestor_to_cat = cat_is_ancestor_of( $cat1, $cat2 );

   Then put an if-case before the comments loop in single.php. If anyone else had the same problem as me.

   $cat1 = category relatives ID you want to test against
   $cat2 = the category that is connected to the post

   $ancestor_to_cat = either true or false. A boolean value.

   if(!$ancestor_to_cat){ ?>
   
   	<?php thematic_comments_template(); ?>
   
   <?php } ?>

   This is the thematic-themes single.php. So just wrap the if case around the whole comments in any single.php and it should work just fine.

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