comment_author() │ WP 0.71

Outputs the name of the comment author.

If the settings indicate that "name" and "email" are not required fields, and the author did not provide a name (the function failed to retrieve the name), then the comment author will be assigned the name "anonymous".

Uses: get_comment_author()
Hooks from the function

Returns

null.

Usage

<?php comment_author( $comment_ID ); ?>
$comment_ID(integer/object)
ID or object of the comment whose author's name needs to be retrieved.
Default: 0 (current comment)

Examples

0

#1 Show the name of the current commentator

Use such code in the comments.php file inside the comment loop:

<div>Comment by <?php comment_author(); ?>:</div>

We get:

<div>Comment by Eugene:</div>

Changelog

Since 0.71 Introduced.
Since 4.4.0 Added the ability for $comment_id to also accept a WP_Comment object.

comment_author() code WP 7.0

wp-includes/comment-template.php 
function comment_author( $comment_id = 0 ) {
	$comment = get_comment( $comment_id );

	$comment_author = get_comment_author( $comment );

	/**
	 * Filters the comment author's name for display.
	 *
	 * @since 1.2.0
	 * @since 4.1.0 The `$comment_id` parameter was added.
	 *
	 * @param string $comment_author The comment author's username.
	 * @param string $comment_id     The comment ID as a numeric string.
	 */
	echo apply_filters( 'comment_author', $comment_author, $comment->comment_ID );
}

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