mod/branchtopic - move an off-topic comment to its own thread as a fresh wall-to-wall post and the same delivery permissions as its parent. No adjustments are made for complex delivery chains.

mod/branchtopic.php

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+<?php
+
+function branchtopic_init(&$a) {
+
+	if(! local_channel())
+		return;
+
+	$item_id = 0;
+
+	if(argc() > 1)
+		$item_id = intval(argv(1));	
+
+	if(! $item_id)
+		return;
+
+	$channel = $a->get_channel();
+
+	if(! $channel)
+		return;
+
+
+	$r = q("select * from item where id = %d and uid = %d and owner_xchan = '%s' and id != parent limit 1",
+		intval($item_id),
+		intval(local_channel()),
+		dbesc($channel['channel_hash'])
+	);
+
+	if(! $r)
+		return;
+
+	$p = q("select * from item where id = %d and uid = %d limit 1",
+		intval($r[0]['parent']),
+		intval(local_channel())
+	);
+
+	$x = q("update item set parent = id, item_flags = (item_flags | %d) where id = %d",
+		intval(ITEM_THREAD_TOP),
+		intval($item_id)
+	);
+
+	return;
+}