Comment API

Objectives

The goals of comments 2.0:

• Manage comments centrally
• Use a consistent approach for all comments throughout Moodle
• Easily integrate comments 2.0 with existing modules

Overview

The comments 2.0 provides APIs to:

1. Add comments
2. Update comments

And provides an ajax interface to allow adding comments on a floating DIV.

Comments database table

Field	Type	Default	Info
id	int(10)	auto-incrementing	The unique ID for this comment.
user_id	int(10)		who wrote this comment
parent_id	int(10)		the ID for parent comment
contextid	int(10)		The context id defined in context table - identifies the instance of plugin owning the comment.
itemid	int(10)		Some plugin specific item id (eg. forum post, blog entry or assignment submission)
comment_area	int(10)		a comment should belong to a comment area
timecreated	int(10)
timemodified	int(10)
content	text		content of comment

See also

• MDL-19118 - Comments 2.0 issue