Average Rating from Comments Field

[quickjeff]

Hey Guys, 

I am using the https://processwire.com/api/fieldtypes/comments/ to  allow users to comment and rate. Whats the best approach to get an average of all the star ratings for the page?

Any direction is greatly appreciated!  

[dragan]

If you are using this module 

 

you can simply do 

$page->ratings->average;

 

[quickjeff]

Unfortunately I am not. I am using the comment module from core modules with the ratings enabled. 

[OLSA]

Hello,

here is example from one of my projects and don't know if that can help you.

That example show AVG of 4.6, and below is copy/paste how I get that.

I believe that only what you need is to set "use stars", and this call:

$page->comments->renderStars(true, array('schema'=>'microdata','partials'=>true));

Or more details, where I use that:

<?php if($page->comments->count):?>
<div class="star-rating">
   <div class="rating-counter">
	   <a href="#listing-reviews">
	   <?php echo $page->comments->renderStars(true, array('schema'=>'microdata','partials'=>true));?>
	   </a>
   </div>
</div>
<?php endif;?>

If that is interesting, here is and Comments configuration to use Font Awesome icons.

CommentStars::setDefault('star', '<i class="fa fa-star"></i>'); //<= star item using fontawesome icon

Regards.

[quickjeff]

Thank you! This is exactly what I was looking for. I’ll modify to work how I need it to work but thank you so much!!!!

[MilenKo]

Hello @OLSA Could you please explain where should I put the 

CommentStars::setDefault('star', '<i class="fa fa-star"></i>'); //<= star item using fontawesome icon

as this is my first time needing to replace the default stars with some FA icons and it would be a great addition to my learning curve ? I see the same info in the comments field details tab, however am not sure how to insert it properly to have the stars changed to else.

[OLSA]

Hello @MilenKo

you need to do that somewhere before Comments module render methods calls ( renderStars() for page rating, and render() for user reviews ).