Retrieves comment data given a comment ID or comment object.

Description

If an object is passed then the comment data will be cached and then returned after being passed through a filter. If the comment is empty, then the global comment variable will be used, if it is set.

Parameters

$commentWP_Comment|string|intoptional

Comment to retrieve.

Default:null

$outputstringoptional

The required return type. One of OBJECT, ARRAY_A, or ARRAY_N, which correspond to a WP_Comment object, an associative array, or a numeric array, respectively.

Default:OBJECT

Return

Source

function get_comment( $comment = null, $output = OBJECT ) {
	if ( empty( $comment ) && isset( $GLOBALS['comment'] ) ) {
		$comment = $GLOBALS['comment'];
	}

	if ( $comment instanceof WP_Comment ) {
		$_comment = $comment;
	} elseif ( is_object( $comment ) ) {
		$_comment = new WP_Comment( $comment );
	} else {
		$_comment = WP_Comment::get_instance( $comment );
	}

	if ( ! $_comment ) {
		return null;
	}

	/**
	 * Fires after a comment is retrieved.
	 *
	 * @since 2.3.0
	 *
	 * @param WP_Comment $_comment Comment data.
	 */
	$_comment = apply_filters( 'get_comment', $_comment );

	if ( OBJECT === $output ) {
		return $_comment;
	} elseif ( ARRAY_A === $output ) {
		return $_comment->to_array();
	} elseif ( ARRAY_N === $output ) {
		return array_values( $_comment->to_array() );
	}
	return $_comment;
}

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Hooks

apply_filters( ‘get_comment’, WP_Comment $_comment )

Fires after a comment is retrieved.

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