Retrieves the author of the current comment.
Description
If the comment has an empty comment_author field, then ‘Anonymous’ person is assumed.
Parameters
$comment_id
int|WP_Comment
Optional
WP_Comment or the ID of the comment for which to retrieve the author.
Default current comment.
Return
string The comment author
Source
File: wp-includes/comment-template.php.
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function get_comment_author( $comment_id = 0 ) {
$comment = get_comment( $comment_id );
$comment_id = ! empty( $comment->comment_ID ) ? $comment->comment_ID : $comment_id;
if ( empty( $comment->comment_author ) ) {
$user = ! empty( $comment->user_id ) ? get_userdata( $comment->user_id ) : false;
if ( $user ) {
$author = $user->display_name;
} else {
$author = __( "Anonymous" );
}
} else {
$author = $comment->comment_author;
}
/**
* Filters the returned comment author name.
*
* @since 1.5.0
* @since 4.1.0 The `$comment_id` and `$comment` parameters were added.
*
* @param string $author The comment author"s username.
* @param string $comment_id The comment ID as a numeric string.
* @param WP_Comment $comment The comment object.
*/
return apply_filters( "get_comment_author", $author, $comment_id, $comment );
}