Yii Comments Extension

Yii module to add comments to any instance of CActiveRecord.

Features

• Comments administration
• Threaded comments
• Each model instance with their own configuration

Installation

To add a comment to the model, you need to perform the following steps.

Add Comments table to your schema:

    CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `tbl_comments` (
	`owner_name` varchar(50) NOT NULL,
	`owner_id` int(12) NOT NULL,
	`comment_id` int(12) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
	`parent_comment_id` int(12) DEFAULT NULL,
	`creator_id` int(12) DEFAULT NULL,
	`user_name` varchar(128) DEFAULT NULL, 
	`user_email` varchar(128) DEFAULT NULL,
	`comment_text` text,
	`create_time` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
	`update_time` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
	`status` int(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
	PRIMARY KEY (`comment_id`),
	KEY `owner_name` (`owner_name`,`owner_id`)
	)

Configure the module in app config:

	'modules'=>array(
	    ...
	    'comments'=>array(
		//you may override default config for all connecting models
		'defaultModelConfig' => array(
		    //only registered users can post comments
		    'registeredOnly' => false,
		    'useCaptcha' => false,
		    //allow comment tree
		    'allowSubcommenting' => true,
		    //display comments after moderation
		    'premoderate' => false,
		    //action for postig comment
		    'postCommentAction' => 'comments/comment/postComment',
		    //super user condition(display comment list in admin view and automoderate comments)
		    'isSuperuser'=>'false',
		    //order direction for comments
		    'orderComments'=>'DESC',
		),
		//the models for commenting
		'commentableModels'=>array(
		    //model with individual settings
		    'Citys'=>array(
			'registeredOnly'=>true,
			'useCaptcha'=>true,
			'allowSubcommenting'=>false,
			//config for create link to view model page(page with comments)
			'pageUrl'=>array(
			    'route'=>'admin/citys/view',
			    'data'=>array('id'=>'city_id'),
			),
		    ),
		    //model with default settings
		    'ImpressionSet',
		),
		//config for user models, which is used in application
		'userConfig'=>array(
		    'class'=>'User',
		    'nameProperty'=>'username',
		    'emailProperty'=>'email',
		),
	    ),
	    ...
	),

Display ECommentListWidget in view for displaying commentable models

    <?php
	$this->widget('comments.widgets.ECommentsListWidget', array(
	    'model' => $model,
	));

To manage all comments go to http://yoursite.com/modules.