Set the ‘populated_children’ flag.

This flag is important for ensuring that calling get_children() on a childless comment will not trigger unneeded database queries.

$set bool Required

Whether the comment's children have already been populated.

File: wp-includes/class-wp-comment.php. View all references

public function populated_children( $set ) {
	$this->populated_children = (bool) $set;
}