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Function Signature:

get_comment_author

Function Description:

Retrieves the author of the current comment.

Function Examples:

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// Basic usage of get_comment_author to display the author of a specific comment
$comment_author = get_comment_author( $comment_id );
echo 'Comment author: ' . $comment_author;
// Checking if the comment author is empty before displaying it
$comment_author = get_comment_author();
if ( !empty( $comment_author ) ) {
    echo 'Comment author: ' . $comment_author;
} else {
    echo 'Unknown author';
}
// Using get_comment_author within a loop to display authors of multiple comments
$comments = get_comments( array( 'post_id' => $post_id ) );
foreach ( $comments as $comment ) {
    $comment_author = get_comment_author( $comment->comment_ID );
    echo 'Comment author: ' . $comment_author . '
'; }