WP_REST_Comments_Controller::check_is_comment_content_allowed( array $prepared_comment ): bool

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If empty comments are not allowed, checks if the provided comment content is not empty.

Parameters

$prepared_commentarrayrequired
The prepared comment data.

Return

bool True if the content is allowed, false otherwise.

Source

protected function check_is_comment_content_allowed( $prepared_comment ) {
	$check = wp_parse_args(
		$prepared_comment,
		array(
			'comment_post_ID'      => 0,
			'comment_author'       => null,
			'comment_author_email' => null,
			'comment_author_url'   => null,
			'comment_parent'       => 0,
			'user_id'              => 0,
		)
	);

	/** This filter is documented in wp-includes/comment.php */
	$allow_empty = apply_filters( 'allow_empty_comment', false, $check );

	if ( $allow_empty ) {
		return true;
	}

	/*
	 * Do not allow a comment to be created with missing or empty
	 * comment_content. See wp_handle_comment_submission().
	 */
	return '' !== $check['comment_content'];
}

Hooks

apply_filters( ‘allow_empty_comment’, bool $allow_empty_comment, array $commentdata )

Filters whether an empty comment should be allowed.

Changelog

VersionDescription
5.6.0Introduced.

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