[Wiki] How to create a Widget - Recent Comments widget

Yii::import('zii.widgets.CPortlet');
 
class Comments extends CPortlet
{
    public $title='Recent Comments';
    public $maxComments=10;
 
    public function getComments()
    {
        return Comment::model()->findRecentComments($this->maxComments);
    }
 
    protected function renderContent()
    {
        $this->render('comments');
    }
}

<ul>
<?php 
$comments = $this->getComments();
 
foreach($comments as $comment)
{
    echo "<li> {$comment->fieldName}</li>";
}
?>
</ul>

public function findRecentComments($limit=null)
    {
        return $this->findAll(array(
            'order'=>'t.create_time DESC',
            'limit'=>$limit,
        ));
    }

$this->widget('Comments', array(
                'maxComments'=>10,
            ));