WP_Comment_Query::query() – Method | Developer.WordPress.org

Sets up the WordPress query for retrieving comments.

Parameters

array|int List of comments, or number of comments when 'count' is passed as a query var.

public function query( $query ) {
	$this->query_vars = wp_parse_args( $query );
	return $this->get_comments();
}

Uses	Description
WP_Comment_Query::get_comments()`wp-includes/class-wp-comment-query.php`	Get a list of comments matching the query vars.
wp_parse_args()`wp-includes/functions.php`	Merges user defined arguments into defaults array.

Used by	Description
WP_Comment_Query::__construct()`wp-includes/class-wp-comment-query.php`	Constructor.

Version	Description
4.2.0	Moved parsing to WP_Comment_Query::parse_query().
4.1.0	Introduced `'comment__in'`, `'comment__not_in'`, `'post_author__in'`, `'post_author__not_in'`, `'author__in'`, `'author__not_in'`, `'post__in'`, `'post__not_in'`, `'include_unapproved'`, `'type__in'`, and `'type__not_in'` arguments to $query_vars.
3.1.0	Introduced.