Issues with hook_comment()

Posted by theabacus on January 12, 2009 at 5:11pm

I am trying to adjust some comment data on comment insert/update, however, hook_comment is not working for me at all.

function custom_comment(&$a1, $op) {
	switch($op) {		
		case "validate":
			$a1['comment'] = "Testing";
		break;
	}
}

I know the function is running at the appropriate time and is changing the $a1 array. However, the comment text is not being saved as "Testing"...instead it is being saved as the original data the author put in. Any thoughts?

Comments

I did some more

Posted by theabacus on January 12, 2009 at 5:28pm

I did some more research/testing on it. As to be expected, the order of operations is hook_comment($op=validate)->comment_save()->hook_comment($op=insert).

I ran a print_r($edit); in the top of the comment_save module. It appears that even tho $a1 is being passed by reference, the comment module is not using the same array when it saves...

I have exactly the same problem

Posted by nexus666 on February 8, 2009 at 7:54pm

I'm a bit of a newbie, but I also find it strange that I can't seem to change the $a variable. And how do I stop the comment completely from being inserted, not only changed?

caching problem?

Posted by alberthendriks on February 9, 2009 at 5:03pm

I'm not sure, but perhaps you should clear the cache.

http://www.seo-expert-blog.com/blog/clearing-drupals-page-cache-after-ad...