Ticket #7635: separate_comments.diff

wp-includes/comment-template.php

@@ -726 +726 @@
  * @uses $withcomments Will not try to get the comments if the post has none.
  *
  * @param string $file Optional, default '/comments.php'. The file to load
+ * @param bool $separate_comments Optional, whether to separate the comments by comment type. Default is false. 
  * @return null Returns null if no comments appear
  */
-function comments_template( $file = '/comments.php' ) {
+function comments_template( $file = '/comments.php', $separate_comments = false ) {
         global $wp_query, $withcomments, $post, $wpdb, $id, $comment, $user_login, $user_ID, $user_identity;
 
         if ( ! (is_single() || is_page() || $withcomments) )
                 return;
 
+        if ( empty($file) )
+                $file = '/comments.php';
+
         $req = get_option('require_name_email');
         $commenter = wp_get_current_commenter();
         extract($commenter, EXTR_SKIP);
@@ -747 +751 @@
                 $comments = $wpdb->get_results($wpdb->prepare("SELECT * FROM $wpdb->comments WHERE comment_post_ID = %d AND ( comment_approved = '1' OR ( comment_author = %s AND comment_author_email = %s AND comment_approved = '0' ) ) ORDER BY comment_date", $post->ID, $comment_author, $comment_author_email));
         }
 
-        // keep $comments for legacy's sake (remember $table*? ;) )
+        // keep $comments for legacy's sake
         $wp_query->comments = apply_filters( 'comments_array', $comments, $post->ID );
         $comments = &$wp_query->comments;
         $wp_query->comment_count = count($wp_query->comments);
         update_comment_cache($wp_query->comments);
 
+        if ( $separate_comments ) {
+                $wp_query->comments_by_type = &separate_comments($comments);
+                $comments_by_type = &$wp_query->comments_by_type;
+        }
+
         define('COMMENTS_TEMPLATE', true);
 
         $include = apply_filters('comments_template', STYLESHEETPATH . $file );