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-rw-r--r--includes/form.inc34
-rw-r--r--modules/comment/comment.module129
2 files changed, 80 insertions, 83 deletions
diff --git a/includes/form.inc b/includes/form.inc
index 9fae90b07..818e0fc75 100644
--- a/includes/form.inc
+++ b/includes/form.inc
@@ -17,25 +17,8 @@
* $output = drupal_get_form('user_register');
*
* Forms can also be built and submitted programmatically without any user input
- * using the drupal_execute() function. Pass in the id of the form, the values to
- * submit to the form, and any parameters needed by the form's builder function.
- * For example:
+ * using the drupal_execute() function.
*
- * // register a new user
- * $values['name'] = 'robo-user';
- * $values['mail'] = 'robouser@example.com';
- * $values['pass'] = 'password';
- * drupal_execute('user_register', $values);
- *
- * // Create a new node
- * $node = array('type' => 'story');
- * $values['title'] = 'My node';
- * $values['body'] = 'This is the body text!';
- * $values['name'] = 'robo-user';
- * drupal_execute('story_node_form', $values, $node);
- *
- * Calling form_get_errors() after execution will return an array of any
- * validation errors encountered.
*
* For information on the format of the structured arrays used to define forms,
* and more detailed explanations of the Form API workflow, see the reference at
@@ -133,6 +116,21 @@ function drupal_get_form($form_id) {
* Any additional arguments needed by the form building function.
* @return
* Any form validation errors encountered.
+ *
+ * For example:
+ *
+ * // register a new user
+ * $values['name'] = 'robo-user';
+ * $values['mail'] = 'robouser@example.com';
+ * $values['pass'] = 'password';
+ * drupal_execute('user_register', $values);
+ *
+ * // Create a new node
+ * $node = array('type' => 'story');
+ * $values['title'] = 'My node';
+ * $values['body'] = 'This is the body text!';
+ * $values['name'] = 'robo-user';
+ * drupal_execute('story_node_form', $values, $node);
*/
function drupal_execute($form_id, $form_values) {
$args = func_get_args();
diff --git a/modules/comment/comment.module b/modules/comment/comment.module
index 4b9010563..411b7196d 100644
--- a/modules/comment/comment.module
+++ b/modules/comment/comment.module
@@ -606,8 +606,8 @@ function comment_save($edit) {
$users = serialize(array(0 => $score));
- // Here we are building the thread field. See the comment
- // in comment_render().
+ // Here we are building the thread field. See the documentation for
+ // comment_render().
if ($edit['pid'] == 0) {
// This is a comment with no parent comment (depth 0): we start
// by retrieving the maximum thread level.
@@ -739,6 +739,68 @@ function comment_links($comment, $return = 1) {
return $links;
}
+/**
+ * Renders comment(s).
+ *
+ * @param $node
+ * The node which comment(s) needs rendering.
+ * @param $cid
+ * Optional, if given, only one comment is rendered.
+ *
+ * To display threaded comments in the correct order we keep a 'thread' field
+ * and order by that value. This field keeps this data in
+ * a way which is easy to update and convenient to use.
+ *
+ * A "thread" value starts at "1". If we add a child (A) to this comment,
+ * we assign it a "thread" = "1.1". A child of (A) will have "1.1.1". Next
+ * brother of (A) will get "1.2". Next brother of the parent of (A) will get
+ * "2" and so on.
+ *
+ * First of all note that the thread field stores the depth of the comment:
+ * depth 0 will be "X", depth 1 "X.X", depth 2 "X.X.X", etc.
+ *
+ * Now to get the ordering right, consider this example:
+ *
+ * 1
+ * 1.1
+ * 1.1.1
+ * 1.2
+ * 2
+ *
+ * If we "ORDER BY thread ASC" we get the above result, and this is the
+ * natural order sorted by time. However, if we "ORDER BY thread DESC"
+ * we get:
+ *
+ * 2
+ * 1.2
+ * 1.1.1
+ * 1.1
+ * 1
+ *
+ * Clearly, this is not a natural way to see a thread, and users will get
+ * confused. The natural order to show a thread by time desc would be:
+ *
+ * 2
+ * 1
+ * 1.2
+ * 1.1
+ * 1.1.1
+ *
+ * which is what we already did before the standard pager patch. To achieve
+ * this we simply add a "/" at the end of each "thread" value. This way out
+ * thread fields will look like depicted below:
+ *
+ * 1/
+ * 1.1/
+ * 1.1.1/
+ * 1.2/
+ * 2/
+ *
+ * we add "/" since this char is, in ASCII, higher than every number, so if
+ * now we "ORDER BY thread DESC" we get the correct order. However this would
+ * spoil the reverse ordering, "ORDER BY thread ASC" -- here, we do not need
+ * to consider the trailing "/" so we use a substring only.
+ */
function comment_render($node, $cid = 0) {
global $user;
@@ -792,69 +854,6 @@ function comment_render($node, $cid = 0) {
$query .= ' GROUP BY c.cid, c.pid, c.nid, c.subject, c.comment, c.format, c.timestamp, c.name, c.mail, u.picture, c.homepage, u.uid, u.name, u.picture, u.data, c.score, c.users, c.thread, c.status';
- /*
- ** We want to use the standard pager, but threads would need every
- ** comment to build the thread structure, so we need to store some
- ** extra info.
- **
- ** We use a "thread" field to store this extra info. The basic idea
- ** is to store a value and to order by that value. The "thread" field
- ** keeps this data in a way which is easy to update and convenient
- ** to use.
- **
- ** A "thread" value starts at "1". If we add a child (A) to this
- ** comment, we assign it a "thread" = "1.1". A child of (A) will have
- ** "1.1.1". Next brother of (A) will get "1.2". Next brother of the
- ** parent of (A) will get "2" and so on.
- **
- ** First of all note that the thread field stores the depth of the
- ** comment: depth 0 will be "X", depth 1 "X.X", depth 2 "X.X.X", etc.
- **
- ** Now to get the ordering right, consider this example:
- **
- ** 1
- ** 1.1
- ** 1.1.1
- ** 1.2
- ** 2
- **
- ** If we "ORDER BY thread ASC" we get the above result, and this is
- ** the natural order sorted by time. However, if we "ORDER BY thread
- ** DESC" we get:
- **
- ** 2
- ** 1.2
- ** 1.1.1
- ** 1.1
- ** 1
- **
- ** Clearly, this is not a natural way to see a thread, and users
- ** will get confused. The natural order to show a thread by time
- ** desc would be:
- **
- ** 2
- ** 1
- ** 1.2
- ** 1.1
- ** 1.1.1
- **
- ** which is what we already did before the standard pager patch. To
- ** achieve this we simply add a "/" at the end of each "thread" value.
- ** This way out thread fields will look like depicted below:
- **
- ** 1/
- ** 1.1/
- ** 1.1.1/
- ** 1.2/
- ** 2/
- **
- ** we add "/" since this char is, in ASCII, higher than every number,
- ** so if now we "ORDER BY thread DESC" we get the correct order. Try
- ** it, it works ;). However this would spoil the "ORDER BY thread ASC"
- ** Here, we do not need to consider the trailing "/" so we use a
- ** substring only.
- */
-
if ($order == COMMENT_ORDER_NEWEST_FIRST) {
if ($mode == COMMENT_MODE_FLAT_COLLAPSED || $mode == COMMENT_MODE_FLAT_EXPANDED) {
$query .= ' ORDER BY c.timestamp DESC';