have_comments()
Whether there are comments to loop over.
1 time — 0.000001 sec (speed of light) | 50000 times — 0.02 sec (speed of light) | PHP 7.1.5, WP 4.9.2
No Hooks.
Return
true|false. True if comments are available, false if no more comments.
Usage
have_comments();
Examples
#1 Before displaying comments, Check if there are any comments
<?php
if( have_comments() ){
// comments output
?>
<ul class="commentlist">
<?php
wp_list_comments( [
'type' => 'comment',
'callback' => 'mytheme_comment',
] );
?>
</ul>
<?php
} #2 Example based on Twentyten’s comments.php template
Comments title (and more) is displayed only when comments are available:
<?php
if ( comments_open() ) {
if ( have_comments() ) {
?>
<h3 id="comments-title">
<?php
printf(
_n( 'One Response to %2$s', '%1$s Responses to %2$s', get_comments_number(), 'twentyten' ),
number_format_i18n( get_comments_number() ),
'<em>' . get_the_title() . '</em>'
);
?>
</h3>
// and more data...
<?php
}
// or, if we don't have comments:
else {
}
}
// comments closed
else {
?>
<p class="nocomments"><?php _e( 'Comments are closed.', 'twentyten' ); ?></p>
<?php
}
?>
Notes
- Global. WP_Query. $wp_query WordPress Query object.
Changelog
| Since 2.2.0 | Introduced. |
have_comments() have comments code WP 6.1.1
function have_comments() {
global $wp_query;
if ( ! isset( $wp_query ) ) {
return false;
}
return $wp_query->have_comments();
}