Hey I've been trying to get this to work for a while now:

 

<?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>

<div class="entry">
<h3><?php the_title(); ?><span class="comment_count"><?php comments_number('No Comments','One Comment','% Comments'); ?></span></h3>

  <?php the_content(); ?>

  <div class="post_details">
  <p>Author: <span class="author"><?php the_author(); ?>.</span></p>
<p>Posted On: <span class="date_posted"><?php echo get_the_date(); ?></span></p>
  </div>

</div> <!-- end entry div -->   

  <h3>Comments</h3>

  <?php if($comments) : ?>  
   <ul class="comments"> 
   <?php foreach($comments as $comment) : ?>
	<div class="comment_meta">
	<?php echo get_avatar(); ?>
		<span class="name"><a href="<?php comment_author_link(); ?>"><?php comment_author(); ?></a></span>
		<span class="date"><?php comment_date(); ?></span>
	</div>
           <?php if($comment->comment_approved == '0') : ?>  
               <li class="comment_content"><p>Your comment is awaiting approval.</p></li>  
           <?php endif; ?>  
			<li class="comment_content"><?php comment_text(); ?></li> 
   <?php endforeach; ?>  
   </ul>  
<?php else : ?>  
   <p>No comments currently for this post.</p>  
<?php endif; ?> 

<?php endwhile; else: ?>
<p><?php _e('Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.'); ?></p>
<?php endif; ?>

  <?php comment_form(); ?>]

 

Can anyone see a fault with the code as all that's ever returned is 'No comments currently for this post.'

 

Or is this method now depreciated with the use of wp_list_comments(); ?

 

Thanks, Adam.

Edited March 30, 201115 yr by AdamConder

This line:

<?php if($comments) : ?>

 

I can't see any point in the code before that where the $comments variable is set.

I was thinking the same, but everywhere I've looked is the same. Surely need to store a SQL statement inside and check if anything has been returned?

 

Or is $comments a global variable that wp understands?

Solved:

<?php $comments = get_comments(); ?>

Thanks for the prompt

I was thinking the same, but everywhere I've looked is the same. Surely need to store a SQL statement inside and check if anything has been returned?

 

Or is $comments a global variable that wp understands?

 

I think $comment is a global variable, not $comments.

 

You could try using have_comments() to perform the check for comments - http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/have_comments

Problem now is how can I specify the post id? It's returning all comments

 

something like:

<?php $comments = get_comments($post->ID); ?>

Problem now is how can I specify the post id? It's returning all comments

 

something like:

<?php $comments = get_comments($post->ID); ?>

Almost, I think it should be:

 

<?php $comments = get_comments(get_the_ID()); ?>

 

Ref: http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_the_ID

Edited March 30, 201115 yr by andyl

Nope has no effect :l

This fixed it:

 

   <?php $post_id = $post->ID; ?>
<?php $comments = get_comments(array('post_id' => $post_id)); ?>