allow disabling comment date display using discussiondatedisplay configuration option

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 * ADDED: Input sanitation to some not yet filtered query and server parameters
 * CHANGED: "Send" button now labeled "Create" (#946)
 * CHANGED: drop some PHP < 5.6 fallbacks, minimum version is PHP 7.3 as of release 1.6.0
-* CHANGED: `create` attribute is no longer returned in API for pastes (#1290)
+* CHANGED: `create` attribute is no longer returned in API for pastes & can be disabled for comments using `discussiondatedisplay` as well (#1290)
 * FIXED: Add cache control headers also to API calls (#1263)
 * FIXED: Shortened paste URL does not appear in email (#606)
 

cfg/conf.sample.php

@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ discussion = true
 ; preselect the discussion feature, defaults to false
 opendiscussion = false
 
+; enable or disable the diplay of dates & times in the comments, defaults to true
+; note that internally the creation time will still get tracked in order to sort
+; the comments by creation time, but you can choose not to display them
+; discussiondatedisplay = false
+
 ; enable or disable the password feature, defaults to true
 password = true
 
@@ -242,7 +247,7 @@ dir = PATH "data"
 ; - AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
 ; - AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
 ; - AWS_SESSION_TOKEN (if needed)
-; for more details, see https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-php/v3/developer-guide/guide_credentials.html#default-credential-chain 
+; for more details, see https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-php/v3/developer-guide/guide_credentials.html#default-credential-chain
 ;class = S3Storage
 ;[model_options]
 ;region = "eu-central-1"
@@ -264,4 +269,4 @@ dir = PATH "data"
 ; (optional) the "signature" (access key) issued by YOURLS for the using account
 ; signature = ""
 ; (optional) the URL of the YOURLS API, called to shorten a PrivateBin URL
-; apiurl = "https://yourls.example.com/yourls-api.php"
+; apiurl = "https://yourls.example.com/yourls-api.php"

js/privatebin.js

@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ jQuery.PrivateBin = (function($, RawDeflate) {
          */
         this.getCreated = function()
         {
-            return this.meta[this.v === 1 ? 'postdate' : 'created'];
+            return this.meta[this.v === 1 ? 'postdate' : 'created'] || 0;
         }
 
         /**
@@ -3484,9 +3484,11 @@ jQuery.PrivateBin = (function($, RawDeflate) {
             }
 
             // set date
+            const created = comment.getCreated();
+            const commentDate = created == 0 ? '' : ' (' + (new Date(created * 1000).toLocaleString()) + ')';
             $commentEntry.find('span.commentdate')
-                      .text(' (' + (new Date(comment.getCreated() * 1000).toLocaleString()) + ')')
+                         .text(commentDate)
-                      .attr('title', 'CommentID: ' + comment.id);
+                         .attr('title', 'CommentID: ' + comment.id);
 
             // if an avatar is available, display it
             const icon = comment.getIcon();

lib/Configuration.php

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ class Configuration
             'basepath'                 => '',
             'discussion'               => true,
             'opendiscussion'           => false,
+            'discussiondatedisplay'    => true,
             'password'                 => true,
             'fileupload'               => false,
             'burnafterreadingselected' => false,

lib/Model/Paste.php

@@ -47,11 +47,10 @@ class Paste extends AbstractModel
             $data['meta']['time_to_live'] = $data['meta']['expire_date'] - time();
             unset($data['meta']['expire_date']);
         }
-        if (array_key_exists('created', $data['meta'])) {
+        foreach (array('created', 'postdate') as $key) {
-            unset($data['meta']['created']);
+            if (array_key_exists($key, $data['meta'])) {
-        }
+                unset($data['meta'][$key]);
-        if (array_key_exists('postdate', $data['meta'])) {
+            }
-            unset($data['meta']['postdate']);
         }
 
         // check if non-expired burn after reading paste needs to be deleted
@@ -164,7 +163,17 @@ class Paste extends AbstractModel
      */
     public function getComments()
     {
-        return $this->_store->readComments($this->getId());
+        if ($this->_conf->getKey('discussiondatedisplay')) {
+            return $this->_store->readComments($this->getId());
+        }
+        return array_map(function($comment) {
+            foreach (array('created', 'postdate') as $key) {
+                if (array_key_exists($key, $comment['meta'])) {
+                    unset($comment['meta'][$key]);
+                }
+            }
+            return $comment;
+        }, $this->_store->readComments($this->getId()));
     }
 
     /**

tpl/bootstrap.php

@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ endif;
 ?>
 		<script type="text/javascript" data-cfasync="false" src="js/purify-3.0.8.js" integrity="sha512-wWBDKh5wYGtJ1Df+PPZIn59jHVBnJ4/Yb2W/pVnzaXab8cmlZnHVx+FEBGu5JX39s3P2Qlt+aNQou0XnjW86hg==" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
 		<script type="text/javascript" data-cfasync="false" src="js/legacy.js?<?php echo rawurlencode($VERSION); ?>" integrity="sha512-LYos+qXHIRqFf5ZPNphvtTB0cgzHUizu2wwcOwcwz/VIpRv9lpcBgPYz4uq6jx0INwCAj6Fbnl5HoKiLufS2jg==" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
-		<script type="text/javascript" data-cfasync="false" src="js/privatebin.js?<?php echo rawurlencode($VERSION); ?>" integrity="sha512-I0F8qtFtaBvVvTThlXa63q0fLptZHP+hg9SbUqZ/qpimAPvHYGFfRj06aqEvECByNgKlQOWab3p8NQ2waDZ+fQ==" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
+		<script type="text/javascript" data-cfasync="false" src="js/privatebin.js?<?php echo rawurlencode($VERSION); ?>" integrity="sha512-q2+Xxj6aqq8VCdEZs60z/nQTeHYb400bmfyWVh7gIICdNEz2LIVt95hH/DMVDr3pv+vkIcdDL8va5J9rtaY6WA==" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
 		<!-- icon -->
 		<link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="<?php echo I18n::encode($BASEPATH); ?>img/apple-touch-icon.png" sizes="180x180" />
 		<link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="img/favicon-32x32.png" sizes="32x32" />

tpl/page.php

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ endif;
 ?>
 		<script type="text/javascript" data-cfasync="false" src="js/purify-3.0.8.js" integrity="sha512-wWBDKh5wYGtJ1Df+PPZIn59jHVBnJ4/Yb2W/pVnzaXab8cmlZnHVx+FEBGu5JX39s3P2Qlt+aNQou0XnjW86hg==" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
 		<script type="text/javascript" data-cfasync="false" src="js/legacy.js?<?php echo rawurlencode($VERSION); ?>" integrity="sha512-LYos+qXHIRqFf5ZPNphvtTB0cgzHUizu2wwcOwcwz/VIpRv9lpcBgPYz4uq6jx0INwCAj6Fbnl5HoKiLufS2jg==" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
-		<script type="text/javascript" data-cfasync="false" src="js/privatebin.js?<?php echo rawurlencode($VERSION); ?>" integrity="sha512-I0F8qtFtaBvVvTThlXa63q0fLptZHP+hg9SbUqZ/qpimAPvHYGFfRj06aqEvECByNgKlQOWab3p8NQ2waDZ+fQ==" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
+		<script type="text/javascript" data-cfasync="false" src="js/privatebin.js?<?php echo rawurlencode($VERSION); ?>" integrity="sha512-q2+Xxj6aqq8VCdEZs60z/nQTeHYb400bmfyWVh7gIICdNEz2LIVt95hH/DMVDr3pv+vkIcdDL8va5J9rtaY6WA==" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
 		<!-- icon -->
 		<link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="img/apple-touch-icon.png?<?php echo rawurlencode($VERSION); ?>" sizes="180x180" />
 		<link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="img/favicon-32x32.png?<?php echo rawurlencode($VERSION); ?>" sizes="32x32" />