public function getComments($thread_id)
{
$this->comments = array();
$result = mysql_do("SELECT id FROM comments WHERE evidence_id='{$this->id}' AND hypothesis_id='0' AND reply_to_id='{$thread_id}';");
while ($query_data = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
$this->comments[] = $query_data['id'];
}
return true;
}