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Function Reference/comment text

Description

Displays the text of a comment. Use get_comment_text() to return a value instead of displaying it.

Usage

 <?php comment_text$comment_ID ); ?> 

Parameters

comment_ID
(integer) (optional) The ID of the comment for which to print the text.
Default: 0 (the current comment)

Return Value

None.

Example

Displays the comment text with the comment author in a list (<li>) tag.

<li>Comment by <?php comment_author(); ?>:<br /> 
<?php comment_text(); ?></li>

Filters

apply_filters() Passes the comment content through the 'comment_text' hook before display

Use the rel attribute to remove nofollow from comment content links using the comment_text filter


add_filter( 'comment_text', 'remove_rel_nofollow_attribute' );
function remove_rel_nofollow_attribute( $comment_text ) {
	$comment_text = str_ireplace(' rel="nofollow"', '', $comment_text );
	return $comment_text;
}

Changelog

  •  ? : Added the 'comment_ID' parameter.
  • Since: 0.71

Source File

comment_text() is located in wp-includes/comment-template.php.

Related

Comments Functions

See also index of Function Reference and index of Template Tags.