private function include_replies_for($comments)
{
$parent = array();
foreach ($comments as $each_comment) {
$parent[] = $each_comment;
$children = Comment::child_comments($each_comment->id);
if (count($children) > 0) {
$children_with_replies = $this->include_replies_for($children);
$parent = array_merge($parent, $children_with_replies);
}
}
return $parent;
}
