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mydaily-gadget
(@mydaily-gadget)

12 years, 10 months ago

Hi guys,

I want to make an “if” sequence, splitting the condition using authors name. Which function can I use to return the name of an author, or something else to distinguish them?

Searching the codex, I found the get_the_author_meta(‘user_login’). Will this work?

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Moderator Kathryn Presner
(@zoonini)

12 years, 10 months ago

I’ve used this to display the author’s name within the loop:

<?php the_author(); ?>

ref: http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/the_author

Would this work for you?

Thread Starter mydaily-gadget
(@mydaily-gadget)

12 years, 10 months ago

I don’t need to display the author’s name, I need to return it to php. Also, I want to use this before the </head> tag, so that means outside the loop.

Moderator Kathryn Presner
(@zoonini)

12 years, 10 months ago

Ah, thanks for clarifying. Seems like you’re on the right track, according to:

NOTE: Use get_the_author_meta() if you need to return (not display) the information.

http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/the_author_meta

Maybe someone else can chime in to confirm if you haven’t already tried it out in your script.

Moderator keesiemeijer
(@keesiemeijer)

12 years, 10 months ago

Or use: http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_the_author

Conditional author tags: http://codex.wordpress.org/Conditional_Tags#An_Author_Page

$posts[0]->post_author will contain the author id of a post when in single view (outside the loop).

http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/05/06/using-author-template-tags-outside-of-the-wordpress-loop/
http://www.dbuggr.com/milly/obtain-author-id-author-profile-wordpress-loop/
http://markojakic.net/get-author-object-outside-the-loop-in-wordpress

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