function commentaccess_requires_approval in Comment Access 7

Returns TRUE if the specified comment requires approval by the comment's node's owner.

Parameters

object $comment: The comment.

Return value

bool TRUE if the comment require approval, FALSE if not. NULL if the node's owner has no administer/approval access. In this case, the general comment access rules are used.

1 call to commentaccess_requires_approval()

commentaccess_comment_presave in ./commentaccess.module

Implementation of hook_comment_presave()

File

./commentaccess.module, line 444

Provides users with permissions for comments on nodes they own.

Code

function commentaccess_requires_approval($comment) {

  // Check if the comment is a node comment.
  if (empty($comment->nid)) {
    return NULL;
  }
  $node = node_load($comment->nid);
  if (empty($node)) {
    return NULL;
  }

  // Check for known owner.
  $owner = user_load($node->uid);
  if (empty($owner)) {

    // Owner unknown: use general comment rules.
    return NULL;
  }

  // Check if the owner has administer or approval access for this node type.
  if (!user_access('administer comments on own ' . $node->type, $owner) && !user_access('approve comments on own ' . $node->type, $owner)) {

    // No access: use general comment rules.
    return NULL;
  }
  global $user;
  if ($owner->uid == $user->uid) {

    // Node owner is comment owner: no approval needed.
    return FALSE;
  }
  elseif (user_access('skip comment approval')) {

    // User bypasses approval.
    return FALSE;
  }
  else {

    // Check if the node author wants to skip approvals.
    if (!empty($owner)) {
      $skip_approval_field = "commentaccess_skip_" . $node->type;
      $commentaccess_settings = _commentaccess_get_account_settings($owner);
      return empty($commentaccess_settings[$skip_approval_field]);
    }
    else {
      return FALSE;
    }
  }
}