2 Ways to Get Comment Depth

2 Ways to Get Comment Depth

1. Get the comment depth by using global variables

You probably know about the “wp_list_comments()” function; it’s what displays comments on a website.

Here’s why it’s useful:

1. This function does more than just show comments. It runs through the comments one by one and keeps track of how deep each comment is in the conversation. It stores this depth information in a global variable.

2. You can also customize the way comments look by using your own comment template. You do this by using a parameter called “callback.” When you use your custom comment template function (like “my_custom_comment_template()”), you can access the comment depth using the global variables “$comment_depth” or “$GLOBALS[‘comment_depth’].”

2. Get the comment depth by comment ID

But what if you don’t have access to the global variable “$comment_depth”? What if all you have is the comment’s ID?

I believe this straightforward function can assist you in that situation:

function diwakar_get_comment_depth( $my_comment_id ) {

                $depth_level = 0;

                while( $my_comment_id > 0  ) { // if you have ideas how we can do it without a loop, please, share it with us in comments

                                $my_comment = get_comment( $my_comment_id );

                                $my_comment_id = $my_comment->comment_parent;

                                $depth_level++;

                }

                return $depth_level;

}

Then: echo diwakar_get_comment_depth( 784 ); // print the depth level of comment 784

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