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)
timecreated	int(10)
content	text		content of comment

See also

• MDL-19118 - Comments 2.0 issue