WP_Comment_Query::query( string|array $query )

Sets up the ClassicPress query for retrieving comments.

Parameters

$query

(Required) Array or URL query string of parameters.

Return

(array|int) List of comments, or number of comments when 'count' is passed as a query var.

Source

File: wp-includes/class-wp-comment-query.php 

	public function query( $query ) {
		$this->query_vars = wp_parse_args( $query );
		return $this->get_comments();
	}

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Related

Uses

Uses
Uses Description
wp-includes/class-wp-comment-query.php: WP_Comment_Query::get_comments()

Get a list of comments matching the query vars.
wp-includes/functions.php: wp_parse_args()

Merge user defined arguments into defaults array.

Changelog

Changelog
Version Description
WP-4.2.0 Moved parsing to WP_Comment_Query::parse_query().
WP-4.1.0 Introduced 'comment__in', 'comment__not_in', 'post_author__in', 'post_author__not_in', 'author__in', 'author__not_in', 'post__in', 'post__not_in', 'include_unapproved', 'type__in', and 'type__not_in' arguments to $query_vars.
WP-3.1.0 Introduced.