Hide comment box from node for Anonymous users

Question

I am trying to hide the comment box for anonymous users. Anonymous users should only be able to view the comments. How can I hide the comment form?

Answer 1

The comment module provides a permission, "Post comments" (post comments). Before using any code option, you should remove that permission for anonymous users.

Answer 2

I added this inside my hook and it worked:

if($form_id == 'comment_comment_form') 
    {
        if (\Drupal::currentUser()->isAnonymous()) 
        {
           $form['comment_body']['#access'] = FALSE;
         }

     }