if(isset($_POST['create_comment'])) {

    $the_post_id = $_GET['p_id'];

    $comment_author = $_POST['comment_author'];
    $comment_email = $_POST['comment_email'];
    $comment_content = $_POST['comment_content'];

    $query = "INSERT INTO comments(comment_post_id, comment_author, comment_email, comment_content, comment_status, comment_date) ";
    $query .= "VALUES({$the_post_id}, '{$comment_author}', '{$comment_email}', '{$comment_content}', 'unapproved', now())";


    $create_comment_query = mysqli_query($connection, $query);

    confirmQuery($create_comment_query);

    $query = "UPDATE posts SET post_comment_count = post_comment_count + 1 ";
    $query .= "WHERE post_id = $the_post_id ";

    $update_comment_count = mysqli_query($connection, $query);

}