After much trial and error (and temptation to edit comments.module), I was able to figure out how to determine if comments have replies without additional queries. Since the theme_preprocess_comment function runs per comment and does not have access to the entire array of comments, the code must be placed in theme_preprocess_node as follows:

function theme_preprocess_node(&$vars) { $keys = array_keys($vars['elements']['comments']['comments']); foreach ($keys as $k) { if (!is_numeric($k)) { continue; } $pid = $vars['elements']['comments']['comments'][$k]['#comment']->pid;

$vars['elements']['comments']['comments'][$pid]['#comment']->has_children = !empty($pid); $last = $k; } $vars['elements']['comments']['comments'][$last]['#comment']->last = TRUE; }

The last line before closing the function adds an additional flag ³last² to the comments array on the final comment in the array.

Cameron

On 2/16/12 12:10 AM, "Cameron B. Prince" cplists@teslauniverse.com wrote:

I have a need to determine if comments have replies. This is what I've come up with to make this determination, but I would rather find a way that doesn't require an additional database query per comment.

function theme_preprocess_comment(&$variables) { $comment = $variables['elements']['#comment']; $count = db_query('SELECT COUNT(*) FROM {comment} WHERE pid = :cid', array(':cid' => $comment->cid))->fetchField(); $comment->has_children = !empty($count); }

I can see that theme_preprocess_node has access to the entire array of comments in its $variables argument when displaying it with print_r. The issue is I can't seem to figure out how to loop over the comments so that I could check for a value in the pid field and add a has_children => TRUE to the parent comment's array.

Can someone point me in the right direction?

Thanks, cameronbprince