get_comment_author() │ WP 1.5.0

Gets the name of the comment author. If the "author name" (comment_author) field is empty, the function will return: "Anonymous" (__('Anonymous')). The function is intended for use in the comment loop.

Uses: get_comment()
Used By: get_comment_author_link(), comment_author()
Hooks from the function

Returns

String. The name of the comment author.

Usage

$author = get_comment_author( $comment_ID );
$comment_ID(int/object)
ID or object of the comment whose author name needs to be retrieved.

Examples

0

#1 Get the name of the author of the current comment in the loop 

echo get_comment_author( $comment_ID ); //> Eugene

Changelog

Since 1.5.0 Introduced.
Since 4.4.0 Added the ability for $comment_id to also accept a WP_Comment object.

get_comment_author() code WP 6.9.1

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

	if ( ! empty( $comment->comment_ID ) ) {
		$comment_id = $comment->comment_ID;
	} elseif ( is_scalar( $comment_id ) ) {
		$comment_id = (string) $comment_id;
	} else {
		$comment_id = '0';
	}

	if ( empty( $comment->comment_author ) ) {
		$user = ! empty( $comment->user_id ) ? get_userdata( $comment->user_id ) : false;
		if ( $user ) {
			$comment_author = $user->display_name;
		} else {
			$comment_author = __( 'Anonymous' );
		}
	} else {
		$comment_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     $comment_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', $comment_author, $comment_id, $comment );
}

Comments

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