Comparing 2 Functions

  • Resolved wajih

    (@wajih)


    18 years, 4 months ago

    Hello!

    Well I’m trying to modify my comments.php file in order to change the background color (change the CSS of comments) so that if a regular user post a comment, a particular style will be applied, and if the author of the post itself replies (hence post), another style will be applied.

    Here is what I did, which does not work (keep in mind that I am completely new, even to PHP):

    <?php

if( the_author() == comment_author )
    // then do this set of code

else
   // then do that set of code.

?>

    So what it is doing, instead of of comparing the two, it is outputting (echo’ing) on the webpage. In this case, the_author is admin, and comment_author is also admin, and it is outputting adminadmin (1 word), and outputs the code which is in my else() statement.

    So am I doing wrong?

    Thanks for your help 🙂

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  • Thread Starter wajih

    (@wajih)

    18 years, 4 months ago

    I resolved it!

    I just replaced the_author() and comment_author() by get_the_author() and get_comment_author() respectively, and it works flawlessly 🙂

    CASE CLOSED 😀

    drphil9001

    (@drphil9001)

    18 years, 4 months ago

    I believe that you want get_the_author() instead of the_author(). If you look at author_template.php you will see that the later echos the result of the former.

    spacebrew

    (@spacebrew)

    17 years, 8 months ago

    Can anyone suggest a way to do the same thing you’re doing here, but for multiple authors?

    Basically what I want is for anyone who is a contributor or above, their comments are a certain class, where just subscribers have a separate style. Any help is appreciated.

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