comment_text() │ WP 0.71

Outputs the comment text on the screen.

Uses the filter comment_text to modify the comment text.

Uses: get_comment_text()
Hooks from the function

Returns

null.

Usage

<?php comment_text( $comment_ID, $args ); ?>
$comment_ID(int/object)
ID or object of the comment whose text needs to be retrieved.
Default: 0 (current comment in the loop)
$args(array)
Array of arguments. Passed to hooks: comment_text and get_comment_text().
Default: empty array

Examples

8

#1 Demo

Display the text of the comment with the name of the comment author in the LI list

<li>
	Comment: <?php comment_author(); ?>:<br />
	<?php comment_text(); ?>
</li>

Notes

Changelog

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

comment_text() code WP 6.9.1

wp-includes/comment-template.php 
function comment_text( $comment_id = 0, $args = array() ) {
	$comment = get_comment( $comment_id );

	$comment_text = get_comment_text( $comment, $args );

	/**
	 * Filters the text of a comment to be displayed.
	 *
	 * @since 1.2.0
	 *
	 * @see Walker_Comment::comment()
	 *
	 * @param string          $comment_text Text of the comment.
	 * @param WP_Comment|null $comment      The comment object. Null if not found.
	 * @param array           $args         An array of arguments.
	 */
	echo apply_filters( 'comment_text', $comment_text, $comment, $args );
}

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