I am trying to customize the output of the [gallery] shortcode to include comment count by this plugin: Facebook Comments for WordPress plugin
I found a function by Zack Austin (shown below) that retrieves the number of comments from the Facebook Graph. Furthermore, I found a piece of code by t31os (also shown below) that allows me to customize the output of the [gallery] shortcode. So therefore, I am trying to incorporate the Facebook comment count function into the customizable gallery code.
Now, when I insert both pieces of code into my functions.php and call the function from one of my other page templates (<?php echo fb_comment_count(); ?>), it works fine.
However, when I try calling the function from within functions.php, I get a "0" no matter how many comments there are.
I have tried debugging to check the value of $post inside the fb_comment_count function and it generates the following:
id = 818 id = 818 id = 818 id = 818 id = 818 id = 818 id = 818 id = 818
This is wrong since each of those ids should be different for each of the attachment pages the image is on. 818 is the id of the entire gallery page itself. I suppose this is why I keep getting "0" for the comment count since the gallery page (id 818) itself has no comments.
To give a better idea of what I'm trying to do, here is a template for the gallery page. Each of those images are linked to their respective attachment pages. The white box with the number inside is the comment count.
If anybody can help me figure out how to retrieve the correct comment count for each of the images in the gallery, I'd be very grateful. Thank you.
Here is the fb_comment_count function by Zack Austin.
// FB Comment Count (by Zack Austin)
function fb_comment_count($link = 'link') {
global $post;
$url = 'https://graph.facebook.com/';
$posturl = get_permalink($post->ID);
$url .= $posturl;
$filecontent = wp_remote_retrieve_body(wp_remote_get($url, array('sslverify'=>false)));
$json = json_decode($filecontent);
$count = $json->comments;
if ($count == 0 || !isset($count)) {
$count = 0;
}
$comments = $count;
if ($count == 1) {
$comments .= '';
}
elseif ($count == 0) {
$comments = '0';
}
elseif ($count > 1) {
$comments .= '';
}
if ($link == 'nolink') {
return $comments;
}
else {
return '<a href="'.$posturl.'#comments" title="Comments for '.$post->post_title.'">'.$comments.'</a>';
}
}
And here is the custom gallery code where I'm calling the fb_comment_count function above (about 22 lines from the bottom). Both the code below and the code above are in my functions.php file.
// Custom Gallery
add_filter( 'post_gallery', 'my_post_gallery', 10, 2 );
function my_post_gallery( $output, $attr) {
global $post, $wp_locale;
static $instance = 0;
$instance++;
// We're trusting author input, so let's at least make sure it looks like a valid orderby statement
if ( isset( $attr['orderby'] ) ) {
$attr['orderby'] = sanitize_sql_orderby( $attr['orderby'] );
if ( !$attr['orderby'] )
unset( $attr['orderby'] );
}
extract(shortcode_atts(array(
'order' => 'ASC',
'orderby' => 'menu_order ID',
'id' => $post->ID,
'itemtag' => 'dl',
'icontag' => 'dt',
'captiontag' => 'dd',
'columns' => 3,
'size' => 'thumbnail',
'include' => '',
'exclude' => ''
), $attr));
$id = intval($id);
if ( 'RAND' == $order )
$orderby = 'none';
if ( !empty($include) ) {
$include = preg_replace( '/[^0-9,]+/', '', $include );
$_attachments = get_posts( array('include' => $include, 'post_status' => 'inherit', 'post_type' => 'attachment', 'post_mime_type' => 'image', 'order' => $order, 'orderby' => $orderby) );
$attachments = array();
foreach ( $_attachments as $key => $val ) {
$attachments[$val->ID] = $_attachments[$key];
}
} elseif ( !empty($exclude) ) {
$exclude = preg_replace( '/[^0-9,]+/', '', $exclude );
$attachments = get_children( array('post_parent' => $id, 'exclude' => $exclude, 'post_status' => 'inherit', 'post_type' => 'attachment', 'post_mime_type' => 'image', 'order' => $order, 'orderby' => $orderby) );
} else {
$attachments = get_children( array('post_parent' => $id, 'post_status' => 'inherit', 'post_type' => 'attachment', 'post_mime_type' => 'image', 'order' => $order, 'orderby' => $orderby) );
}
if ( empty($attachments) )
return '';
if ( is_feed() ) {
$output = "\n";
foreach ( $attachments as $att_id => $attachment )
$output .= wp_get_attachment_link($att_id, $size, true) . "\n";
return $output;
}
$itemtag = tag_escape($itemtag);
$captiontag = tag_escape($captiontag);
$columns = intval($columns);
$itemwidth = $columns > 0 ? floor(100/$columns) : 100;
$float = is_rtl() ? 'right' : 'left';
$selector = "gallery-{$instance}";
$output = apply_filters('gallery_style', "
<style type='text/css'>
#{$selector} {
margin: auto;
}
#{$selector} .gallery-item {
float: {$float};
margin-top: 10px;
text-align: center;
width: {$itemwidth}%; }
#{$selector} img {
border: 2px solid #cfcfcf;
}
#{$selector} .gallery-caption {
margin-left: 0;
}
</style>
<!-- see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php -->
<div id='$selector' class='gallery galleryid-{$id}'>");
$i = 0;
foreach ( $attachments as $id => $attachment ) {
$link = isset($attr['link']) && 'file' == $attr['link'] ? wp_get_attachment_link($id, $size, false, false) : wp_get_attachment_link($id, $size, true, false);
$output .= "<{$itemtag} class='gallery-item'>";
$output .= "<span class='photos-comment-number-wrap'><span class='comment-number'>". fb_comment_count() ."</span></span>";
$output .= "
<{$icontag} class='gallery-icon'>
$link
</{$icontag}>";
if ( $captiontag && trim($attachment->post_excerpt) ) {
$output .= "
<{$captiontag} class='gallery-caption'>
" . wptexturize($attachment->post_excerpt) . "
</{$captiontag}>";
}
$output .= "</{$itemtag}>";
if ( $columns > 0 && ++$i % $columns == 0 )
$output .= '<br style="clear: both" />';
}
$output .= "
<br style='clear: both;' />
</div>\n";
return $output;
}
