Filter hook 'allow_empty_comment'

Hook Information

Hook Parameters

Usage Examples

<?php
// Hook into allow_empty_comment
add_filter('allow_empty_comment', 'my_custom_filter', 10, 1);

function my_custom_filter($prepared_comment) {
    // Your custom filtering logic here
    return $prepared_comment;
}

Source Code Context

<?php
1914  				'user_id'              => 0,
1915  			)
1916  		);
1917  
1918  		/** This filter is documented in wp-includes/comment.php */
1919  		$allow_empty = apply_filters( 'allow_empty_comment', false, $check );
1920  
1921  		if ( $allow_empty ) {
1922  			return true;
1923  		}
1924  

PHP Documentation

<?php
/**
	 * If empty comments are not allowed, checks if the provided comment content is not empty.
	 *
	 * @since 5.6.0
	 *
	 * @param array $prepared_comment The prepared comment data.
	 * @return bool True if the content is allowed, false otherwise.
	 */