Some more explanations

diff --git a/include/Contact.php b/include/Contact.php
index 936589be9844593b7b87352ac3950d5f2cdd114c..458f56ce524c1c3bfa87d8409de79a0e4234381c 100644 (file)
--- a/include/Contact.php
+++ b/include/Contact.php
@@ -694,6 +694,9 @@ function formatted_location($profile) {
 function account_type($contact) {
 
        // There are several fields that indicate that the contact or user is a forum
+       // "page-flags" is a field in the user table,
+       // "forum" and "prv" are used in the contact table. They stand for PAGE_COMMUNITY and PAGE_PRVGROUP.
+       // "community" is used in the gcontact table and is true if the contact is PAGE_COMMUNITY or PAGE_PRVGROUP.
        if((isset($contact['page-flags']) && (intval($contact['page-flags']) == PAGE_COMMUNITY))
                || (isset($contact['page-flags']) && (intval($contact['page-flags']) == PAGE_PRVGROUP))
                || (isset($contact['forum']) && intval($contact['forum']))
@@ -703,7 +706,7 @@ function account_type($contact) {
        else
                $type = ACCOUNT_TYPE_PERSON;
 
-       // The field is named differently in the user and the contact record
+       // The "contact-type" (contact table) and "account-type" (user table) are more general then the chaos from above.
        if (isset($contact["contact-type"]))
                $type = $contact["contact-type"];
        if (isset($contact["account-type"]))