Updates an existing comment in the database.
Description
Filters the comment and makes sure certain fields are valid before updating.
Parameters
$commentarr
arrayrequired- Contains information on the comment.
$wp_error
booloptional- Whether to return a WP_Error on failure.
Default:
false
Source
function wp_update_comment( $commentarr, $wp_error = false ) {
global $wpdb;
// First, get all of the original fields.
$comment = get_comment( $commentarr['comment_ID'], ARRAY_A );
if ( empty( $comment ) ) {
if ( $wp_error ) {
return new WP_Error( 'invalid_comment_id', __( 'Invalid comment ID.' ) );
} else {
return false;
}
}
// Make sure that the comment post ID is valid (if specified).
if ( ! empty( $commentarr['comment_post_ID'] ) && ! get_post( $commentarr['comment_post_ID'] ) ) {
if ( $wp_error ) {
return new WP_Error( 'invalid_post_id', __( 'Invalid post ID.' ) );
} else {
return false;
}
}
$filter_comment = false;
if ( ! has_filter( 'pre_comment_content', 'wp_filter_kses' ) ) {
$filter_comment = ! user_can( isset( $comment['user_id'] ) ? $comment['user_id'] : 0, 'unfiltered_html' );
}
if ( $filter_comment ) {
add_filter( 'pre_comment_content', 'wp_filter_kses' );
}
// Escape data pulled from DB.
$comment = wp_slash( $comment );
$old_status = $comment['comment_approved'];
// Merge old and new fields with new fields overwriting old ones.
$commentarr = array_merge( $comment, $commentarr );
$commentarr = wp_filter_comment( $commentarr );
if ( $filter_comment ) {
remove_filter( 'pre_comment_content', 'wp_filter_kses' );
}
// Now extract the merged array.
$data = wp_unslash( $commentarr );
/**
* Filters the comment content before it is updated in the database.
*
* @since 1.5.0
*
* @param string $comment_content The comment data.
*/
$data['comment_content'] = apply_filters( 'comment_save_pre', $data['comment_content'] );
$data['comment_date_gmt'] = get_gmt_from_date( $data['comment_date'] );
if ( ! isset( $data['comment_approved'] ) ) {
$data['comment_approved'] = 1;
} elseif ( 'hold' === $data['comment_approved'] ) {
$data['comment_approved'] = 0;
} elseif ( 'approve' === $data['comment_approved'] ) {
$data['comment_approved'] = 1;
}
$comment_id = $data['comment_ID'];
$comment_post_id = $data['comment_post_ID'];
/**
* Filters the comment data immediately before it is updated in the database.
*
* Note: data being passed to the filter is already unslashed.
*
* @since 4.7.0
* @since 5.5.0 Returning a WP_Error value from the filter will short-circuit comment update
* and allow skipping further processing.
*
* @param array|WP_Error $data The new, processed comment data, or WP_Error.
* @param array $comment The old, unslashed comment data.
* @param array $commentarr The new, raw comment data.
*/
$data = apply_filters( 'wp_update_comment_data', $data, $comment, $commentarr );
// Do not carry on on failure.
if ( is_wp_error( $data ) ) {
if ( $wp_error ) {
return $data;
} else {
return false;
}
}
$keys = array(
'comment_post_ID',
'comment_author',
'comment_author_email',
'comment_author_url',
'comment_author_IP',
'comment_date',
'comment_date_gmt',
'comment_content',
'comment_karma',
'comment_approved',
'comment_agent',
'comment_type',
'comment_parent',
'user_id',
);
$data = wp_array_slice_assoc( $data, $keys );
$result = $wpdb->update( $wpdb->comments, $data, array( 'comment_ID' => $comment_id ) );
if ( false === $result ) {
if ( $wp_error ) {
return new WP_Error( 'db_update_error', __( 'Could not update comment in the database.' ), $wpdb->last_error );
} else {
return false;
}
}
// If metadata is provided, store it.
if ( isset( $commentarr['comment_meta'] ) && is_array( $commentarr['comment_meta'] ) ) {
foreach ( $commentarr['comment_meta'] as $meta_key => $meta_value ) {
update_comment_meta( $comment_id, $meta_key, $meta_value );
}
}
clean_comment_cache( $comment_id );
wp_update_comment_count( $comment_post_id );
/**
* Fires immediately after a comment is updated in the database.
*
* The hook also fires immediately before comment status transition hooks are fired.
*
* @since 1.2.0
* @since 4.6.0 Added the `$data` parameter.
*
* @param int $comment_id The comment ID.
* @param array $data Comment data.
*/
do_action( 'edit_comment', $comment_id, $data );
$comment = get_comment( $comment_id );
wp_transition_comment_status( $comment->comment_approved, $old_status, $comment );
return $result;
}
Hooks
- apply_filters( ‘comment_save_pre’,
string $comment_content ) Filters the comment content before it is updated in the database.
- do_action( ‘edit_comment’,
int $comment_id ,array $data ) Fires immediately after a comment is updated in the database.
- apply_filters( ‘wp_update_comment_data’,
array|WP_Error $data ,array $comment ,array $commentarr ) Filters the comment data immediately before it is updated in the database.
Example
Unapproving a comment