Blog_Comment class

The Blog_Comment class represents a blog comment. The class contains fields for accessing a blog comment content, author details, creation date and other properties.

Class fields

• $created_at - a date the post has been created on. An instance of the Phpr_DateTime class.
• $author_name - a name of the comment author.
• $author_email - an email address of the comment author.
• $author_url - a URL of the comment author website.
• $content - the comment content in plain text format. Use the h() and nl2br() functions to output the comment content:

  <?= nl2br(h($comment->content)) ?>

• $author_email - an email address of the comment author.
• $blog_owner_comment - indicates whether the comment has been created from the LemonStand Administration Area. You can use this field to mark comments created by you or other blog editors.

Class methods

• getUrlFormatted() - adds the http:// protocol to the website URL, if a protocol was not specified by the comment author. Usage example:

  Author: <a href="<?= $comment->getUrlFormatted() ?>"><?= h($author_name) ?></a>

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