get_previous_comments_link() WP 1.0

Retrieves the link to the previous comments page.

Return

String/null. HTML-formatted link for the previous page of comments.

Usage

get_previous_comments_link( $label );

$label(string)

Label for comments link text.
Default: ''

Changelog

Code of get_previous_comments_link() get previous comments link ^{WP 5.6}

<?php
function get_previous_comments_link( $label = '' ) {
	if ( ! is_singular() ) {
		return;
	}

	$page = get_query_var( 'cpage' );

	if ( (int) $page <= 1 ) {
		return;
	}

	$prevpage = (int) $page - 1;

	if ( empty( $label ) ) {
		$label = __( '&laquo; Older Comments' );
	}

	/**
	 * Filters the anchor tag attributes for the previous comments page link.
	 *
	 * @since 2.7.0
	 *
	 * @param string $attributes Attributes for the anchor tag.
	 */
	return '<a href="' . esc_url( get_comments_pagenum_link( $prevpage ) ) . '" ' . apply_filters( 'previous_comments_link_attributes', '' ) . '>' . preg_replace( '/&([^#])(?![a-z]{1,8};)/i', '&#038;$1', $label ) . '</a>';
}

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