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1. wajih
   Member
   Posted 4 years 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 :)

2. wajih
   Member
   Posted 4 years 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 :D

3. drphil9001
   Member
   Posted 4 years 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.

4. spacebrew
   Member
   Posted 3 years 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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