comment.tpl.php

The comment.tpl.php file returns the HTML for comments.

Available variables:

$author

Comment author. Can be link or plain text.

$content

An array of comment items. Use render($content) to print them all, or print a subset such as render($content['field_example']). Use hide($content['field_example']) to temporarily suppress the printing of a given element.

$created

Formatted date and time for when the comment was created. Preprocess functions can reformat it by calling format_date() with the desired parameters on the $comment->created variable.

$pubdate

Formatted date and time for when the comment was created wrapped in a HTML5 time element.

$changed

Formatted date and time for when the comment was last changed. Preprocess functions can reformat it by calling format_date() with the desired parameters on the $comment->changed variable.

$new

New comment marker.

$permalink

Comment permalink.

$submitted

Submission information created from $author and $created during template_preprocess_comment().

$picture

Authors picture.

$signature

Authors signature.

$status

Comment status. Possible values are: comment-unpublished, comment-published or comment-preview.

$title

Linked title.

$classes

String of classes that can be used to style contextually through CSS. It can be manipulated through the variable $classes_array from preprocess functions. The default values can be one or more of the following:

• comment: The current template type, i.e., "theming hook".
• comment-by-anonymous: Comment by an unregistered user.
• comment-by-node-author: Comment by the author of the parent node.
• comment-preview: When previewing a new or edited comment.
• first: The first comment in the list of displayed comments.
• last: The last comment in the list of displayed comments.
• odd: An odd-numbered comment in the list of displayed comments.
• even: An even-numbered comment in the list of displayed comments. The following applies only to viewers who are registered users:
• comment-unpublished: An unpublished comment visible only to administrators.
• comment-by-viewer: Comment by the user currently viewing the page.
• comment-new: New comment since the last visit.

$title_prefix (array)

An array containing additional output populated by modules, intended to be displayed in front of the main title tag that appears in the template.

$title_suffix (array)

An array containing additional output populated by modules, intended to be displayed after the main title tag that appears in the template.

These two variables are provided for context:

$comment

Full comment object.

$node

Node object the comments are attached to.

Other variables:

$classes_array

Array of html class attribute values. It is flattened into a string within the variable $classes.

See also

template_preprocess()
template_preprocess_comment()
zen_preprocess_comment() in Zen's template.php
template_process()