I'm a bit surprised that there isn't an action to change the comment state (disabled/read/read-write) on a node. I will get around it with custom php, but this should probably be included as it's a common task.

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mitchell commented

Marked #464424: Add action: *publish* comment as a duplicate of this issue.

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fivehimself commented

Hi RoboPhred,

could you tell me if you managed to get around it by using custom PHP? I'm looking for the same thing here....

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RoboPhred commented

I was, but once again my dns server has decided that my url does not exist. Since the site was a subdomain of a multi-site install, I can not access it to copy over the code.

I will try to remember to post it here later once the dns is done with its existential crisis.

Have a look at the api docs for the comment module:
http://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/modules--comment--comment.module/6

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detot commented

also interested in how to solve this

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RoboPhred commented

I created a rule set with two arguments: node (node) and enabled (boolean).

<?php
if(!module_exists('comment'))
  return;
if($enabled)
  $status = COMMENT_NODE_READ_WRITE;
else
  $status = COMMENT_NODE_READ_ONLY;
$node->comment = $status;

return array("node" => $node);
?>

This just toggles between read/write and read-only (locked). If you want to disable comments (so no existing comments are visible), check comment.module for the constant to use.

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brad.bulger commented

changing the status of a particular comment is a distinct action from changing the comment status of a node, is it not? are these related as far as the relevant code changes? otherwise #464424: Add action: *publish* comment doesn't really seem like a duplicate issue.

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wgrunberg commented

@RoboPhred
I am trying to construct a rules action which sets a node's commenting to read only. I have tried your code without success in a rules PHP action but I get the following error:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end, expecting '(' in /drupal6/sites/all/modules/rules/rules/modules/php.rules.inc(107) : eval()'d code on line 1
I get the same error with a simplified version too:

$status = COMMENT_NODE_READ_ONLY;
$node->comment = $status;
return array("node" => $node);

I would appreciate any suggestions.

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wgrunberg commented

I committed a newbie error in rules' custom PHP action and included the PHP tags. Once I removed them, the code worked very nicely. The PHP tags are apparently reserved for some form of pre-processing before execution.

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mitchell commented
Version: 6.x-1.x-dev » 7.x-2.x-dev
Component: Provided module integration » Rules Engine
Status: Active » Fixed

This should be fixed in 7.x. Please reopen if this is a mistake.

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

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sslider999 commented
Status: Closed (fixed) » Active

Hello,

If i`m not mistaken, there is no rule in version 7 for changing the node comment settings.

Can this feature be added?

Thanks,

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fago
Primary language German
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commented

Oh, there is an entity property "Comments allowed, node:comment" - at least with recent version of the entity api. With that + the regular data_set action you can do it. I'd be open for adding a separate action though.

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mitchell commented
Title: Node: Set comment status » Action: Set comment status

See also: #1007336: Action: Set comment count new.

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mitchell commented
Component: Rules Engine » Rules Core
Status: Active » Fixed

Done, see #1269838-2: Get comment status as data propert.

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

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