Ticket #27526: 27526-3.diff

wp-includes/comment-template.php

@@ -506 +506 @@
  */
 function get_comment_excerpt( $comment_ID = 0 ) {
         $comment = get_comment( $comment_ID );
-        $comment_text = strip_tags($comment->comment_content);
-        $blah = explode(' ', $comment_text);
-        if (count($blah) > 20) {
-                $k = 20;
-                $use_dotdotdot = 1;
+        $comment_text = strip_tags( $comment->comment_content );
+        $words = explode( ' ', $comment_text );
+        $excerpt = '';
+
+        /**
+         * Filter the amount of words used in the comment excerpt.
+         *
+         * @since 3.9
+         *
+         * @param int $comment_excerpt_length The amount of words you want to display in the comment excerpt.
+         */
+        $comment_excerpt_length = apply_filters( 'comment_excerpt_length', 20 );
+
+        if ( count( $words ) > $comment_excerpt_length ) {
+                $k = $comment_excerpt_length;
+                $use_ellipsis = 1;
         } else {
-                $k = count($blah);
-                $use_dotdotdot = 0;
+                $k = count( $words );
+                $use_ellipsis = 0;
         }
-        $excerpt = '';
-        for ($i=0; $i<$k; $i++) {
-                $excerpt .= $blah[$i] . ' ';
+
+        for ( $i = 0; $i < $k; $i++ ) {
+                $excerpt .= $words[ $i ] . ' ';
         }
-        $excerpt .= ($use_dotdotdot) ? '&hellip;' : '';
+
+        $excerpt .= ( 1 === $use_ellipsis ? '&hellip;' : '' );
+
         return apply_filters('get_comment_excerpt', $excerpt);
 }