+function get_comments( $args = '' ) {
+ $query = new WP_Comment_Query;
+ return $query->query( $args );
+}
+
+/**
+ * WordPress Comment Query class.
+ *
+ * @since 3.1.0
+ */
+class WP_Comment_Query {
+ /**
+ * Metadata query container
+ *
+ * @since 3.5.0
+ * @access public
+ * @var object WP_Meta_Query
+ */
+ public $meta_query = false;
+
+ /**
+ * Date query container
+ *
+ * @since 3.7.0
+ * @access public
+ * @var object WP_Date_Query
+ */
+ public $date_query = false;
+
+ /**
+ * Make private/protected methods readable for backwards compatibility.
+ *
+ * @since 4.0.0
+ * @access public
+ *
+ * @param callable $name Method to call.
+ * @param array $arguments Arguments to pass when calling.
+ * @return mixed|bool Return value of the callback, false otherwise.
+ */
+ public function __call( $name, $arguments ) {
+ return call_user_func_array( array( $this, $name ), $arguments );
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Execute the query
+ *
+ * @since 3.1.0
+ *
+ * @param string|array $query_vars
+ * @return int|array
+ */
+ public function query( $query_vars ) {
+ global $wpdb;
+
+ $defaults = array(
+ 'author_email' => '',
+ 'fields' => '',
+ 'ID' => '',
+ 'karma' => '',
+ 'number' => '',
+ 'offset' => '',
+ 'orderby' => '',
+ 'order' => 'DESC',
+ 'parent' => '',
+ 'post_ID' => '',
+ 'post_id' => 0,
+ 'post_author' => '',
+ 'post_name' => '',
+ 'post_parent' => '',
+ 'post_status' => '',
+ 'post_type' => '',
+ 'status' => '',
+ 'type' => '',
+ 'user_id' => '',
+ 'search' => '',
+ 'count' => false,
+ 'meta_key' => '',
+ 'meta_value' => '',
+ 'meta_query' => '',
+ 'date_query' => null, // See WP_Date_Query
+ );
+
+ $groupby = '';
+
+ $this->query_vars = wp_parse_args( $query_vars, $defaults );
+
+ // Parse meta query
+ $this->meta_query = new WP_Meta_Query();
+ $this->meta_query->parse_query_vars( $this->query_vars );
+
+ /**
+ * Fires before comments are retrieved.
+ *
+ * @since 3.1.0
+ *
+ * @param WP_Comment_Query &$this Current instance of WP_Comment_Query, passed by reference.
+ */
+ do_action_ref_array( 'pre_get_comments', array( &$this ) );
+
+ // $args can be whatever, only use the args defined in defaults to compute the key
+ $key = md5( serialize( wp_array_slice_assoc( $this->query_vars, array_keys( $defaults ) ) ) );
+ $last_changed = wp_cache_get( 'last_changed', 'comment' );
+ if ( ! $last_changed ) {
+ $last_changed = microtime();
+ wp_cache_set( 'last_changed', $last_changed, 'comment' );
+ }
+ $cache_key = "get_comments:$key:$last_changed";
+
+ if ( $cache = wp_cache_get( $cache_key, 'comment' ) ) {
+ return $cache;
+ }
+
+ $status = $this->query_vars['status'];
+ if ( 'hold' == $status ) {
+ $approved = "comment_approved = '0'";
+ } elseif ( 'approve' == $status ) {
+ $approved = "comment_approved = '1'";
+ } elseif ( ! empty( $status ) && 'all' != $status ) {
+ $approved = $wpdb->prepare( "comment_approved = %s", $status );
+ } else {
+ $approved = "( comment_approved = '0' OR comment_approved = '1' )";
+ }
+ $order = ( 'ASC' == strtoupper( $this->query_vars['order'] ) ) ? 'ASC' : 'DESC';
+
+ if ( ! empty( $this->query_vars['orderby'] ) ) {
+ $ordersby = is_array( $this->query_vars['orderby'] ) ?
+ $this->query_vars['orderby'] :
+ preg_split( '/[,\s]/', $this->query_vars['orderby'] );
+
+ $allowed_keys = array(
+ 'comment_agent',
+ 'comment_approved',
+ 'comment_author',
+ 'comment_author_email',
+ 'comment_author_IP',
+ 'comment_author_url',
+ 'comment_content',
+ 'comment_date',
+ 'comment_date_gmt',
+ 'comment_ID',
+ 'comment_karma',
+ 'comment_parent',
+ 'comment_post_ID',
+ 'comment_type',
+ 'user_id',
+ );
+ if ( ! empty( $this->query_vars['meta_key'] ) ) {
+ $allowed_keys[] = $this->query_vars['meta_key'];
+ $allowed_keys[] = 'meta_value';
+ $allowed_keys[] = 'meta_value_num';
+ }
+ $ordersby = array_intersect( $ordersby, $allowed_keys );
+ foreach ( $ordersby as $key => $value ) {
+ if ( $value == $this->query_vars['meta_key'] || $value == 'meta_value' ) {
+ $ordersby[ $key ] = "$wpdb->commentmeta.meta_value";
+ } elseif ( $value == 'meta_value_num' ) {
+ $ordersby[ $key ] = "$wpdb->commentmeta.meta_value+0";
+ }
+ }
+ $orderby = empty( $ordersby ) ? 'comment_date_gmt' : implode(', ', $ordersby);
+ } else {
+ $orderby = 'comment_date_gmt';
+ }
+
+ $number = absint( $this->query_vars['number'] );
+ $offset = absint( $this->query_vars['offset'] );
+
+ if ( ! empty( $number ) ) {
+ if ( $offset ) {
+ $limits = 'LIMIT ' . $offset . ',' . $number;
+ } else {
+ $limits = 'LIMIT ' . $number;
+ }
+ } else {
+ $limits = '';
+ }
+
+ if ( $this->query_vars['count'] ) {
+ $fields = 'COUNT(*)';
+ } else {
+ switch ( strtolower( $this->query_vars['fields'] ) ) {
+ case 'ids':
+ $fields = "$wpdb->comments.comment_ID";
+ break;
+ default:
+ $fields = "*";
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+
+ $join = '';
+ $where = $approved;
+
+ $post_id = absint( $this->query_vars['post_id'] );
+ if ( ! empty( $post_id ) ) {
+ $where .= $wpdb->prepare( ' AND comment_post_ID = %d', $post_id );
+ }
+
+ if ( '' !== $this->query_vars['author_email'] ) {
+ $where .= $wpdb->prepare( ' AND comment_author_email = %s', $this->query_vars['author_email'] );
+ }
+
+ if ( '' !== $this->query_vars['karma'] ) {
+ $where .= $wpdb->prepare( ' AND comment_karma = %d', $this->query_vars['karma'] );
+ }
+
+ if ( 'comment' == $this->query_vars['type'] ) {
+ $where .= " AND comment_type = ''";
+ } elseif( 'pings' == $this->query_vars['type'] ) {
+ $where .= ' AND comment_type IN ("pingback", "trackback")';
+ } elseif ( ! empty( $this->query_vars['type'] ) ) {
+ $where .= $wpdb->prepare( ' AND comment_type = %s', $this->query_vars['type'] );
+ }
+
+ if ( '' !== $this->query_vars['parent'] ) {
+ $where .= $wpdb->prepare( ' AND comment_parent = %d', $this->query_vars['parent'] );
+ }
+
+ if ( is_array( $this->query_vars['user_id'] ) ) {
+ $where .= ' AND user_id IN (' . implode( ',', array_map( 'absint', $this->query_vars['user_id'] ) ) . ')';
+ } elseif ( '' !== $this->query_vars['user_id'] ) {
+ $where .= $wpdb->prepare( ' AND user_id = %d', $this->query_vars['user_id'] );
+ }
+
+ if ( '' !== $this->query_vars['search'] ) {
+ $where .= $this->get_search_sql(
+ $this->query_vars['search'],
+ array( 'comment_author', 'comment_author_email', 'comment_author_url', 'comment_author_IP', 'comment_content' )
+ );
+ }
+
+ $plucked = wp_array_slice_assoc( $this->query_vars, array( 'post_author', 'post_name', 'post_parent', 'post_status', 'post_type' ) );
+ $post_fields = array_filter( $plucked );
+
+ if ( ! empty( $post_fields ) ) {
+ $join = "JOIN $wpdb->posts ON $wpdb->posts.ID = $wpdb->comments.comment_post_ID";
+ foreach( $post_fields as $field_name => $field_value )
+ $where .= $wpdb->prepare( " AND {$wpdb->posts}.{$field_name} = %s", $field_value );
+ }
+
+ if ( ! empty( $this->meta_query->queries ) ) {
+ $clauses = $this->meta_query->get_sql( 'comment', $wpdb->comments, 'comment_ID', $this );
+ $join .= $clauses['join'];
+ $where .= $clauses['where'];
+ $groupby = "{$wpdb->comments}.comment_ID";
+ }
+
+ $date_query = $this->query_vars['date_query'];
+ if ( ! empty( $date_query ) && is_array( $date_query ) ) {
+ $date_query_object = new WP_Date_Query( $date_query, 'comment_date' );
+ $where .= $date_query_object->get_sql();
+ }
+
+ $pieces = array( 'fields', 'join', 'where', 'orderby', 'order', 'limits', 'groupby' );
+ /**
+ * Filter the comment query clauses.
+ *
+ * @since 3.1.0
+ *
+ * @param array $pieces A compacted array of comment query clauses.
+ * @param WP_Comment_Query &$this Current instance of WP_Comment_Query, passed by reference.
+ */
+ $clauses = apply_filters_ref_array( 'comments_clauses', array( compact( $pieces ), &$this ) );
+
+ $fields = isset( $clauses[ 'fields' ] ) ? $clauses[ 'fields' ] : '';
+ $join = isset( $clauses[ 'join' ] ) ? $clauses[ 'join' ] : '';
+ $where = isset( $clauses[ 'where' ] ) ? $clauses[ 'where' ] : '';
+ $orderby = isset( $clauses[ 'orderby' ] ) ? $clauses[ 'orderby' ] : '';
+ $order = isset( $clauses[ 'order' ] ) ? $clauses[ 'order' ] : '';
+ $limits = isset( $clauses[ 'limits' ] ) ? $clauses[ 'limits' ] : '';
+ $groupby = isset( $clauses[ 'groupby' ] ) ? $clauses[ 'groupby' ] : '';
+
+ if ( $groupby ) {
+ $groupby = 'GROUP BY ' . $groupby;
+ }
+ $query = "SELECT $fields FROM $wpdb->comments $join WHERE $where $groupby ORDER BY $orderby $order $limits";
+
+ if ( $this->query_vars['count'] ) {
+ return $wpdb->get_var( $query );
+ }
+
+ if ( 'ids' == $this->query_vars['fields'] ) {
+ $this->comments = $wpdb->get_col( $query );
+ return array_map( 'intval', $this->comments );
+ }
+
+ $results = $wpdb->get_results( $query );
+ /**
+ * Filter the comment query results.
+ *
+ * @since 3.1.0
+ *
+ * @param array $results An array of comments.
+ * @param WP_Comment_Query &$this Current instance of WP_Comment_Query, passed by reference.
+ */
+ $comments = apply_filters_ref_array( 'the_comments', array( $results, &$this ) );
+
+ wp_cache_add( $cache_key, $comments, 'comment' );
+
+ return $comments;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Used internally to generate an SQL string for searching across multiple columns
+ *
+ * @access protected
+ * @since 3.1.0
+ *
+ * @param string $string
+ * @param array $cols
+ * @return string
+ */
+ protected function get_search_sql( $string, $cols ) {
+ global $wpdb;
+
+ $like = '%' . $wpdb->esc_like( $string ) . '%';
+
+ $searches = array();
+ foreach ( $cols as $col ) {
+ $searches[] = $wpdb->prepare( "$col LIKE %s", $like );
+ }
+
+ return ' AND (' . implode(' OR ', $searches) . ')';