Detailed explanation of steps to implement unlimited comment nesting in PHP

/** 
 * 按ID条件从评论数组中递归查找 
 * 
 */ 
function getCommentsFromAryById($commtAry, $id) 
{ 
 if ( !is_array($commtAry) ) return FALSE; 
 foreach($commtAry as $key=>$value) { 
  if ( $value['id'] == $id ) return $value; 
  if ( isset($value['children']) && is_array($children) ) $this->getCommentsFormAryById($value['children'], $id); 
 } 
} 
/** 
 * 追加 子评论 到 主评论 中，并形成children子项 
 * 
 * @param array $commtAry 原评论数据引用 
 * @param int $parentId 主评论ID 
 * @param array $childrenAry 子评论的值 
 */ 
function addChildenToCommentsAry($commtAry, $parentId, $childrenAry) 
{ 
 if ( !is_array($commtAry) ) return FALSE; 
 foreach($commtAry as $key=>$value) { 
  if ( $value['id'] == $parentId ) { 
   $commtAry[$key]['children'][] = $childrenAry; 
   return TRUE; 
  } 
  if ( isset($value['children']) ) $this->addChildenToCommentsAry($commtAry[$key]['children'], $parentId, $childrenAry); 
 } 
} 
 $result = $this->BBDM->select($table, $column, $condition, 0, 1000); 
 /* 开始进行嵌套评论结构重组 */ 
 array_shift($result); 
 $count = count($result); 
 $i  = 0; 
 while( $i<$count ) { 
  if ( &#39;0&#39; != $result[$i][&#39;parentId&#39;] ) { 
   $this->addChildenToCommentsAry($result, $result[$i][&#39;parentId&#39;], $result[$i]); 
   unset($result[$i]); 
  } 
  $i++; 
 } 
 $result = array_values($result); 
 /* 重组结束 */

<?php
$comments = array (
  array (
    &#39;id&#39; => &#39;3&#39;,
    &#39;parent&#39; => &#39;0&#39;
  ),
  array (
    &#39;id&#39; => &#39;9&#39;,
    &#39;parent&#39; => &#39;0&#39;
  ),
  array (
    &#39;id&#39; => &#39;1&#39;,
    &#39;parent&#39; => &#39;3&#39;
  ),
  array (
    &#39;id&#39; => &#39;2&#39;,
    &#39;parent&#39; => &#39;3&#39;
  ),
  array (
    &#39;id&#39; => &#39;5&#39;,
    &#39;parent&#39; => &#39;1&#39;
  ),
  array (
    &#39;id&#39; => &#39;7&#39;,
    &#39;parent&#39; => &#39;1&#39;
  )
);
function html5_comment($comment) {
  echo &#39;<li>&#39;;
  echo &#39;id:&#39;, $comment[&#39;id&#39;], &#39; parent:&#39;, $comment[&#39;parent&#39;];
}
function start_el(& $output, $comment) {
  ob_start();
  html5_comment($comment);
  $output .= ob_get_clean();
}
function end_el(& $output) {
  $output .= "</li><!-- #comment-## -->\n";
}
function start_lvl(& $output) {
  $output .= &#39;<ol class="children">&#39; . "\n";
}
function end_lvl(& $output) {
  $output .= "</ol><!-- .children -->\n";
}
function display_element($e, & $children_elements, $max_depth, $depth, & $output) {
  $id = $e[&#39;id&#39;];
  start_el($output, $e); //当前评论的开始代码
  if ($max_depth > $depth +1 && isset ($children_elements[$id])) { //如果没超过最大层，并且存在子元素数组
    foreach ($children_elements[$id] as $child) {
      if (!isset ($newlevel)) { //第一次循环没设置变量$newlevel，所以把$newlevel设为true，并且开始子元素的开始代码;第二次及之后的循环，已经设置了$newlevel,就不会再添加子元素的开始代码。因为同一批循环时兄弟元素，所以只需要一个子元素开始代码，循环内容为并列关系。
        $newlevel = true;
        start_lvl($output);
      }
      display_element_template($child, $children_elements, $max_depth, $depth +1, $output); //$child作为参数，继续去寻找下级元素
    }
    unset ($children_elements[$id]); //用完释放变量，以后就不会重复判断该值了,递归后继续判断剩下的子元素
  }
  if (isset ($newlevel) && $newlevel) { //如果前面找到了子元素，这里就要执行子元素的结束代码
    end_lvl($output);
  }
  end_el($output); //当前评论的结束代码
}
function display_element_template($e, & $children_elements, $max_depth, $depth, & $output) {
  $id = $e[&#39;id&#39;];
  display_element($e, $children_elements, $max_depth, $depth, $output);
  if ($max_depth <= $depth +1 && isset ($children_elements[$id])) { //如果超出最大层级，并且子元素存在的话，以$child为参数继续往下找
    foreach ($children_elements[$id] as $child) {
      display_element_template($child, $children_elements, $max_depth, $depth, $output);
    }
    unset ($children_elements[$id]); //用完释放变量
  }
}
function comments_list($comments) {
  $top_level_elements = array ();
  $children_elements = array ();
  foreach ($comments as $e) {
    if (0 == $e[&#39;parent&#39;]) {
      $top_level_elements[] = $e;
    } else {
      $children_elements[$e[&#39;parent&#39;]][] = $e;
    }
  }
  $output = &#39;&#39;;
  foreach ($top_level_elements as $e) {
    display_element_template($e, $children_elements, 2, 0, $output);
  }
  //var_dump($children_elements);//由于每次用完$children_elements后都会释放变量，所以到最后$children_elements为空数组
  return $output;
}
echo &#39;<ol class="comment-list">&#39;, comments_list($comments), &#39;</ol>&#39;;