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File: wp-includes/comment.php
function wp_comments_personal_data_eraser( $email_address, $page = 1 ) {
global $wpdb;
if ( empty( $email_address ) ) {
return array(
'items_removed' => false,
'items_retained' => false,
'messages' => array(),
'done' => true,
);
}
// Limit us to 500 comments at a time to avoid timing out.
$number = 500;
$page = (int) $page;
$items_removed = false;
$items_retained = false;
$comments = get_comments(
array(
'author_email' => $email_address,
'number' => $number,
'paged' => $page,
'order_by' => 'comment_ID',
'order' => 'ASC',
'include_unapproved' => true,
)
);
/* translators: Name of a comment's author after being anonymized. */
$anon_author = __( 'Anonymous' );
$messages = array();
foreach ( (array) $comments as $comment ) {
$anonymized_comment = array();
$anonymized_comment['comment_agent'] = '';
$anonymized_comment['comment_author'] = $anon_author;
$anonymized_comment['comment_author_email'] = '';
$anonymized_comment['comment_author_IP'] = wp_privacy_anonymize_data( 'ip', $comment->comment_author_IP );
$anonymized_comment['comment_author_url'] = '';
$anonymized_comment['user_id'] = 0;
$comment_id = (int) $comment->comment_ID;
/**
* Filters whether to anonymize the comment.
*
* @since 4.9.6
*
* @param bool|string $anon_message Whether to apply the comment anonymization (bool) or a custom
* message (string). Default true.
* @param WP_Comment $comment WP_Comment object.
* @param array $anonymized_comment Anonymized comment data.
*/
$anon_message = apply_filters( 'wp_anonymize_comment', true, $comment, $anonymized_comment );
if ( true !== $anon_message ) {
if ( $anon_message && is_string( $anon_message ) ) {
$messages[] = esc_html( $anon_message );
} else {
/* translators: %d: Comment ID. */
$messages[] = sprintf( __( 'Comment %d contains personal data but could not be anonymized.' ), $comment_id );
}
$items_retained = true;
continue;
}
$args = array(
'comment_ID' => $comment_id,
);
$updated = $wpdb->update( $wpdb->comments, $anonymized_comment, $args );
if ( $updated ) {
$items_removed = true;
clean_comment_cache( $comment_id );
} else {
$items_retained = true;
}
}
$done = count( $comments ) < $number;
return array(
'items_removed' => $items_removed,
'items_retained' => $items_retained,
'messages' => $messages,
'done' => $done,
);
}