PHP Comment Section - Indenting Replies?

Tomarse

Hi all, first post here.

I have a system which manages all the projects we make with a comments section included. I am having trouble with the replies part. I would like the replies to be indented so it shows the user has replied to someone's comment.

	$getcomments = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM project_comments WHERE project = '$id' && reply = 0 ORDER BY date DESC");
	$numcomments = mysql_num_rows($getcomments);
	if($numcomments != 0){
		echo"<h3>Comments</h3>";
		while($comment = mysql_fetch_array($getcomments)){
			echo"<div class=\"commentwrap\">";
			$author = getUser($comment['author']);
			echo"<div class=\"comment\"><a href=\"?page=manager&project=$id&section=deletecomment&comment=$comment[id]&commenttype=2\">Delete |</a> <a href=\"?page=manager&project=$id&section=addcomment&comment=$comment[id]\">Reply -</a> Logged by $author</div><p>"; echo nl2br($comment['text']); echo"</p></div>";
			$getreplies = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM project_comments WHERE project = '$id' && reply = '$comment[id]' ORDER BY date DESC");
			$numreplies = mysql_num_rows($getreplies);
			if($numreplies > 0){
				while($reply = mysql_fetch_array($getreplies)){
					echo"<div class=\"commentwrapind\">";
					$replier = getUser($reply['author']);
					echo"<div class=\"comment\"><a href=\"?page=manager&project=$id&section=deletecomment&comment=$reply[id]&commenttype=2\">Delete |</a> <a href=\"?page=manager&project=$id&section=addcomment&comment=$comment[id]\">Reply -</a> Logged by $replier</div><p>"; echo nl2br($reply['text']); echo"</p></div>";
				}
			}

Here is what I have so far, not sure where to proceed.

Many thanks in advance.

traq

just add a classname to the replies:

<div class="comment reply">...</div>

and then you can style it however you like with css.

Tomarse

Thanks for the reply, but I am more looking for like a multi level thing? Where if you reply to a comment it shows that you have rather than being placed underneath. I'm also looking to further my knowledge of PHP so would like to work it out that way than using CSS.

johanafm

You have to use CSS to affect styles in an html webpage. You use PHP to create the output.

In this particular case, I suppose the easiest would be to use nested divs (ordered lists or whatever you prefer). The structure is created using PHP, and then CSS automatically handles the rest.

<style type="text/css">
.comment {
	margin-left: 20px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="comment">
	Comment 1
	<div class="comment">
		1st reply to comment 1
		<div class="comment">
			1st reply to 1st reply to comment 1
		</div>
	</div>
	<div class="comment">
		2nd reply to comment 1
	</div>
</div>
<div class="comment">
	2nd comment
</div>
<div class="comment">
	3rd comment
	<div class="comment">
		1st reply to comment 3
	</div>
</div>
</body>

traq

that gets my vote. you wouldn't even need to add another class that way.

Tomarse

Thanks to the both of you, fixed my problem 🙂