PHP - increment in recursive function

Question

I have this function:

function show_comments(&$comments, $parent_id = 0 ) {
  $comments_list = "";
  $i = 0;
  foreach($comments as $comment) :
    if ($comment["parent_id"] != $parent_id)
        continue;

    $comments_list .= '<div class="comment level-'. $i . '">';
    $i++;
    $comments_list .= "<p>$comment[body]</p>";
    $comments_list .= $this->show_comments($comments, $comment['id_comment']);
    $comments_list .= '</div>';
  endforeach;


  return $comments_list;
}

I want for the parent div to have class level-0 and the direct child of that parent have level-1 and child of child with level-1 to have class level-2 and so on. How can I do this?

You will have to loop through all the comments to build a tree. Or you can keep track of the level_id in the database. — sridesmet
– sridesmet, Commented Jul 2, 2014 at 9:39

Yoshi · Accepted Answer · 2014-07-02 09:36:37Z

// add a new parameter --------------------------------
//                                                    |
function show_comments(&$comments, $parent_id = 0, $level = 0) {
  $comments_list = "";

  // not needed
  // $i = 0;

  foreach($comments as $comment) :
    if ($comment["parent_id"] != $parent_id)
        continue;

    // use the level parameter ------------------------
    //                                                |
    $comments_list .= '<div class="comment level-'. $level . '">';

    // not needed
    // $i++;
    $comments_list .= "<p>$comment[body]</p>";


    // increment it on recursive calls -----------------------------------------
    //                                                                         |
    $comments_list .= $this->show_comments($comments, $comment['id_comment'], $level + 1);
    $comments_list .= '</div>';
  endforeach;


  return $comments_list;
}

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