From c0a01dbc91ace606e3cc5ab6fa0e16c6dd41b9aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: micmania1 <mstrong@silverstripe.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2018 11:00:40 +1200
Subject: [PATCH] BUGFIX created way of knowing whether user has permission to
 post

---
 src/Model/Comment.php | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/Model/Comment.php b/src/Model/Comment.php
index bc2c3d2..0dd6eec 100755
--- a/src/Model/Comment.php
+++ b/src/Model/Comment.php
@@ -765,6 +765,20 @@ class Comment extends DataObject
         return $notSpam && (!$maxLevel || $this->Depth < $maxLevel);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Proxy for checking whether the has permission to comment on the comment parent.
+     *
+     * @param Member $member Member to check
+     *
+     * @return boolean
+     */
+    public function canPostComment($member = null)
+    {
+        return $this->Parent()
+            && $this->Parent()->exists()
+            && $this->Parent()->canPostComment($member);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns the list of all replies
      *