Here's a copy of my code, grabbed right from my class-image.php. Make sure akismet.class.php is in the same directory (/zen). The more I think about it, the more I think you have something misplaced. Commenting should work as well if everything was pasted correctly, and as you described, commenting isn't working.

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// addComment: assumes data is coming straight from GET or POST

function addComment($name, $email, $website, $comment) {

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# CONFIGURATION VARIABLES

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$zp_gal_url = 'http://www.yoursitehere.com/zenphoto/';

$zp_akismet_key = 'yourakismetkeyhere';

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# DO NOT EDIT BELOW THIS LINE

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# START: Original Comment Set Up

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$this->getComments();

$name = trim($name);

$email = trim($email);

$website = trim($website);

// Let the comment have trailing line breaks and space? Nah...

// Also (in)validate HTML here, and in $name.

$comment = trim($comment);

if (empty($email) || !is_valid_email_zp($email) || empty($name) || empty($comment)) {

return false;

}

if (!empty($website) && substr($website, 0, 7) != "http://") {

$website = "http://" . $website;

}

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# START: Akismet Spam Filter Code

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require_once 'akismet.class.php';

$commentData = array(

'author' => $name,

'email' => $email,

'website' => $website,

'body' => $comment,

'permalink' => $this->getFullImage()

);

$akismet = new Akismet($zp_gal_url, $zp_akismet_key, $commentData);

if($akismet->isError()) {

echo'Couldn't connected to Akismet server!';

// TODO: Add more precise error handling

} else {

if($akismet->isSpam()) {

// TODO: Add Spam Moderation Capabilities

// echo 'Spam detected';

} else {

// echo 'Not Spam!';

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# START: Original addComment() Code

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$newcomment = array();

$newcomment['name'] = $name;

$newcomment['email'] = $email;

$newcomment['website'] = $website;

$newcomment['comment'] = $comment;

$newcomment['date'] = time();

$this->comments[] = $newcomment;

// Update the database entry with the new comment

query("INSERT INTO " . prefix("comments") . " (imageid, name, email, website, comment, date) VALUES " .

" ('" . $this->id .

"', '" . escape($name) .

"', '" . escape($email) .

"', '" . escape($website) .

"', '" . escape($comment) .

"', NOW())");

// Notify the admin user

$message = "A comment has been posted in your album " . $this->getAlbumName() . " about " . $this->getTitle() . "n" .

"n" .

"Author: " . $name . "n" .

"Email: " . $email . "n" .

"Website: " . $website . "n" .

"Comment:n" . $comment . "n" .

"n" .

"You can view all comments about this image here:n" .

"http://" . $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] . WEBPATH . "/index.php?album=" . urlencode($this->album->name) . "&image=" . urlencode($this->name) . "n" .

"n" .

"You can edit the comment here:n" .

"http://" . $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] . WEBPATH . "/zen/admin.php?page=commentsn";

zp_mail("[" . zp_conf('gallery_title') . "] Comment posted about: " . $this->getTitle(), $message);

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# END: Original addComment() Code

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}

}

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# END: Akismet Spam Filter Code

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return true;

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# END: Original Comment Set Up

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}`