Posted 10 months ago #
Hi! When on a single post, I would to show the latest comment right below the title, and then at the end of the post, all the comments for this post.
I know how to show all the comments to this post using <?php comments_template(); ?> but I'm unable to show the latest post on top of my post. I tried to use <?php comment_excerpt(); ?> but I didn't find a way to make it work.
Any help is welcome, thanks! :)
Posted 10 months ago #
I checked the WP Forums again and couldn't find any information about what I'm looking for. I guess it is not a very common request...
If someone thinks of something, let me know ;)
have you studied how to use 'get_comments()' ?
Posted 10 months ago #
Hi alchymyth! As a matter of fact I did but I couldn't find a way to show the latest post for the current post. If I use the post ID, then it is workong only for this post ID, not any other.
I'm still trying to make it work using my poor PHP knowledge. I always think what I'm looking for requieres 'simple' code but it apparently doesn't :)
Posted 10 months ago #
For info, I have tried to use the code from this thread but they don't work for me:
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/passing-parameter-to-get_comments-function
the post ID of the current post is usually $post->ID;
example:
<?php $args = array(
'number' => 1,
'post_id' => $post->ID,
'status' => 'approve'
);
$latest_comment = get_comments( $args );
if( $latest_comment ) foreach( $latest_comment as $comment ) {
/*whatever you want to show from the comment, for instance*/ ?>
latest comment: <?php echo $comment->comment_date; ?>
by: <?php echo $comment->comment_author; ?>
<p><?php echo $comment->comment_content; ?></p>
<?php } ?>(untested)
edit:
after reading your last reply:
if $post->ID does not work, try get_the_ID() instead.
(details might depend on your existing template, single.php (?)
Posted 10 months ago #
Thanks alchymyth, your code works perfectly! :)
Last point: add a link on comment to read full comment.
Doesn't seem to work since I have to define first $comment->ID I guess.
Also, if there is no comment for the post, I tried:
<? else {
echo "No comment";
} ?>
But it doesn't seem to work...
I'm a persevering person even if I don't always understand what I'm doing, at least I'm trying :)
Posted 10 months ago #
Ok, forget about the 'No comment' thing, I will just show nothing if there is no comment.
I'm still 'working' on the link to the full comment!
could you show the full code of the section, as it is now?
(if it is longer than 10 lines, please use the pastebin http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#Posting_Code )
do you just want to show a comment excerpt, which is linked to the full comment?
Posted 10 months ago #
Sure, here my code to show the latest comment:
<?php $args = array(
'number' => 1,
'post_id' => $post->ID,
'status' => 'approve'
);
$latest_comment = get_comments( $args );
if( $latest_comment ) foreach( $latest_comment as $comment ) { ?>
Latest comment:<?php echo $comment->comment_author; ?>: <?php echo wp_html_excerpt( $comment->comment_content, 100 ); ?>..."
<?php } ?>As you can see, I managed to trim the excerpt :)
Now I indeed want to link the comment excerpt to the full comment, that's it!
...
$latest_comment = get_comments( $args );
if( $latest_comment ) foreach( $latest_comment as $comment ) { ?>
Latest comment: <?php echo $comment->comment_author; ?>: <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>#comment-<?php echo $comment->comment_ID; ?>"><?php echo wp_html_excerpt( $comment->comment_content, 100 ); ?>...</a>"
<?php } ?>
Posted 10 months ago #
Thanks you so much alchymyth! That's exactly what I was *trying* to do.
Once again, you made my day :)
you are welcome -
could you please set this topic to 'resolved'? (there is is box on the right somewhere...)
thanks ;-)
this will help others to see that the questions was answered, and help helpers to avoid looking at it.
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