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1. andymatic
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   I know that the_author() coughs back the name of the author - but what is the underlying variable?

   I want to be able to note when a post is from a guest blogger so I was trying.

   
<?php the_author() ?>
<?php if (some_variable != my_name_or_id) { echo ", Guest Blogger";} ?>


   Wasn't sure what my choices were for the author variable of a certain post as well as my own variable as an author.

2. NuclearMoose
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   See if this helps:
   http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags

3. andymatic
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   I had tried

   
<?php the_author() ?>
<?php if (the_author() != "My Name") { echo ", Guest Blogger";) ?>


   And instead of using the_author() as a variable in the comparison - it outputs the_author() - showing it twice.

4. zerolives
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   What causes this problem is the fact that the_author() actually outputs text instead of returning a variable for usage. Try something like this:

   $variable = the_author();

   and then use $variable for the comparison. It probably won't work. But at least you tried!

5. andymatic
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Same result:

   
Posted by <?php the_author(); ?>


<?php
$author_name = the_author();
if ($author_name != "My Name") echo ", Guest Blogger";
?>


   Still produced My Name My Name for me and then Author Name Author Name, Guest Blogger for the non-me bloggers.

   Any other ideas?

6. mdawaffe
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   The problem is that all of the author template functions echo. The solution: output buffering.

   <?php
ob_start();
the_author();
$my_author = ob_get_contents();
ob_end_flush();
if ($my_author!='My Name') { echo ', Guest Blogger'; }
?>

   This will output the_author once and then append ', Guest Blogger' if the author is not 'My Name'.

7. andymatic
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Alright - now I get to learn about output buffering - thank you for the link and help... gonna go try out the code now - be back in a few minutes to report back.

8. andymatic
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Holy crap it worked! Thanks!

   Added to wiki:

   http://wiki.wordpress.org/?pagename=NotateGuestBloggers

9. mdawaffe
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   I don't believe it. I've been Kafkaesqui'd.

   An easier solution:

   Figure out what your author ID is. Say it's 2.

   <?php
the_author();
if ($post->post_author != 2) { echo ', Guest Blogger'; }
?>

   Output buffering is neat, but a bit overkill here.

10. andymatic
    Member
    Posted 4 years ago #

    Thanks - I'll fix the wiki entry.

    (20 seconds later)

    Oh, you already did! Thanks!

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