get_comment_author_link() WP 1.0

Retrieve the HTML link to the URL of the author of the current comment.

Both get_comment_author_url() and get_comment_author() rely on get_comment(), which falls back to the global comment variable if the $comment_ID argument is empty.

Hooks in function

Return

String. The comment author name or HTML link for author's URL.

Usage

get_comment_author_link( $comment_ID );

$comment_ID(int/WP_Comment)

WP_Comment or the ID of the comment for which to get the author's link.
Default: current comment

Code of get comment author link: wp-includes/comment-template.php ^{VER 5.0.3}

<?php
function get_comment_author_link( $comment_ID = 0 ) {
	$comment = get_comment( $comment_ID );
	$url     = get_comment_author_url( $comment );
	$author  = get_comment_author( $comment );

	if ( empty( $url ) || 'http://' == $url )
		$return = $author;
	else
		$return = "<a href='$url' rel='external nofollow' class='url'>$author</a>";

	/**
	 * Filters the comment author's link for display.
	 *
	 * @since 1.5.0
	 * @since 4.1.0 The `$author` and `$comment_ID` parameters were added.
	 *
	 * @param string $return     The HTML-formatted comment author link.
	 *                           Empty for an invalid URL.
	 * @param string $author     The comment author's username.
	 * @param int    $comment_ID The comment ID.
	 */
	return apply_filters( 'get_comment_author_link', $return, $author, $comment->comment_ID );
}

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