bp_blogs_disable_activity_commenting( bool $retval )

Disable activity commenting for blog posts based on certain criteria.

Description

If activity commenting is enabled for blog posts, we still need to disable commenting if:

comments are disabled for the WP blog post from the admin dashboard
the WP blog post is supposed to be automatically closed from comments based on a certain age
the activity entry is a ‘new_blog_comment’ type

Parameters

$retval: (Required) Is activity commenting enabled for this activity entry.

Return

(bool)

Source

File: bp-blogs/bp-blogs-activity.php

function bp_blogs_disable_activity_commenting( $retval ) {
    global $activities_template;
 
    // If activity commenting is disabled, return current value.
    if ( bp_disable_blogforum_comments() || ! isset( $activities_template->in_the_loop ) ) {
        return $retval;
    }
 
    $type = bp_get_activity_type();
 
    // It's a post type supporting comment tracking.
    if ( bp_activity_type_supports( $type, 'post-type-comment-tracking' ) ) {
        // The activity type is supporting comments or replies
        if ( bp_activity_type_supports( $type, 'post-type-comment-reply' ) ) {
            // Setup some globals we'll need to reference later.
            bp_blogs_setup_activity_loop_globals( $activities_template->activity );
 
            // If comments are closed for the WP blog post, we should disable
            // activity comments for this activity entry.
            if ( empty( buddypress()->blogs->allow_comments[ bp_get_activity_id() ] ) ) {
                $retval = false;
            }
 
            // If comments need moderation, disable activity commenting.
            if ( ! empty( buddypress()->blogs->comment_moderation[ bp_get_activity_id() ] ) ) {
                $retval = false;
            }
        // The activity type does not support comments or replies
        } else {
            $retval = false;
        }
    }
 
    return $retval;
}

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Changelog

Changelog
Version	Description
BuddyPress 2.0.0	Introduced.

Uses

Uses
Uses	Description
bp-loader.php: buddypress()	The main function responsible for returning the one true BuddyBoss Instance to functions everywhere.
bp-blogs/bp-blogs-activity.php: bp_blogs_setup_activity_loop_globals()	Utility function to set up some variables for use in the activity loop.
bp-core/bp-core-options.php: bp_disable_blogforum_comments()	Are post/comment activity feed comments disabled?
bp-activity/bp-activity-functions.php: bp_activity_type_supports()	Check if the Post Type activity supports a specific feature.
bp-activity/bp-activity-template.php: bp_get_activity_type()	Return the activity type.
bp-activity/bp-activity-template.php: bp_get_activity_id()	Return the activity ID.

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