get_comment() WordPress Function

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;
}
Uses	Description
wp-includes/class-wp-comment.php:WP_Comment::__construct()	Constructor.
wp-includes/class-wp-comment.php:WP_Comment::get_instance()	Retrieves a WP_Comment instance.
wp-includes/plugin.php:apply_filters()	Calls the callback functions that have been added to a filter hook.
wp-includes/comment.php:get_comment	Fires after a comment is retrieved.
Used By	Description
wp-includes/comment.php:wp_get_unapproved_comment_author_email()	Gets unapproved comment author’s email.
wp-includes/meta.php:get_object_subtype()	Returns the object subtype for a given object ID of a specific type.
wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-comments-controller.php:WP_REST_Comments_Controller::get_comment()	Get the comment, if the ID is valid.
wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-comments-controller.php:WP_REST_Comments_Controller::update_item()	Updates a comment.
wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-comments-controller.php:WP_REST_Comments_Controller::delete_item()	Deletes a comment.
wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-comments-controller.php:WP_REST_Comments_Controller::create_item()	Creates a comment.
wp-includes/class-wp-comment-query.php:WP_Comment_Query::fill_descendants()	Fetch descendants for located comments.
wp-includes/comment.php:wp_handle_comment_submission()	Handles the submission of a comment, usually posted to wp-comments-post.php via a comment form.
wp-includes/comment.php:wp_new_comment_notify_moderator()	Sends a comment moderation notification to the comment moderator.
wp-includes/comment.php:wp_new_comment_notify_postauthor()	Sends a notification of a new comment to the post author.
wp-admin/includes/class-wp-comments-list-table.php:WP_Comments_List_Table::floated_admin_avatar()	Adds avatars to comment author names.
wp-includes/class-wp-comment-query.php:WP_Comment_Query::get_comments()	Get a list of comments matching the query vars.
wp-includes/link-template.php:get_avatar_data()	Retrieves default data about the avatar.
wp-admin/includes/template.php:touch_time()	Prints out HTML form date elements for editing post or comment publish date.
wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php:_wp_ajax_delete_comment_response()	Sends back current comment total and new page links if they need to be updated.
wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php:wp_ajax_delete_comment()	Ajax handler for deleting a comment.
wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php:wp_ajax_dim_comment()	Ajax handler to dim a comment.
wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php:wp_ajax_get_comments()	Ajax handler for getting comments.
wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php:wp_ajax_replyto_comment()	Ajax handler for replying to a comment.
wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php:wp_ajax_edit_comment()	Ajax handler for editing a comment.
wp-admin/includes/class-wp-comments-list-table.php:WP_Comments_List_Table::column_comment()
wp-admin/includes/comment.php:get_comment_to_edit()	Returns a WP_Comment object based on comment ID.
wp-admin/includes/comment.php:floated_admin_avatar()	Adds avatars to relevant places in admin.
wp-includes/capabilities.php:map_meta_cap()	Maps a capability to the primitive capabilities required of the given user to satisfy the capability being checked.
wp-includes/pluggable.php:get_avatar()	Retrieve the avatar `<img>` tag for a user, email address, MD5 hash, comment, or post.
wp-includes/pluggable.php:wp_notify_postauthor()	Notify an author (and/or others) of a comment/trackback/pingback on a post.
wp-includes/pluggable.php:wp_notify_moderator()	Notifies the moderator of the site about a new comment that is awaiting approval.
wp-includes/deprecated.php:get_commentdata()	Retrieve an array of comment data about comment $comment_ID.
wp-includes/functions.php:wp_scheduled_delete()	Permanently delete comments or posts of any type that have held a status of ‘trash’ for the number of days defined in EMPTY_TRASH_DAYS.
wp-includes/link-template.php:get_edit_comment_link()	Retrieves the edit comment link.
wp-includes/link-template.php:edit_comment_link()	Displays the edit comment link with formatting.
wp-includes/feed.php:get_comment_guid()	Retrieve the feed GUID for the current comment.
wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php:wp_xmlrpc_server::wp_deleteComment()	Delete a comment.
wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php:wp_xmlrpc_server::wp_editComment()	Edit comment.
wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php:wp_xmlrpc_server::wp_getComment()	Retrieve comment.
wp-includes/comment-template.php:comment_form_title()	Displays text based on comment reply status.
wp-includes/comment-template.php:get_comment_reply_link()	Retrieves HTML content for reply to comment link.
wp-includes/comment-template.php:get_comment_link()	Retrieves the link to a given comment.
wp-includes/comment-template.php:get_comment_text()	Retrieves the text of the current comment.
wp-includes/comment-template.php:comment_text()	Displays the text of the current comment.
wp-includes/comment-template.php:get_comment_time()	Retrieves the comment time of the current comment.
wp-includes/comment-template.php:get_comment_type()	Retrieves the comment type of the current comment.
wp-includes/comment-template.php:comment_author_url()	Displays the URL of the author of the current comment, not linked.
wp-includes/comment-template.php:get_comment_class()	Returns the classes for the comment div as an array.
wp-includes/comment-template.php:get_comment_date()	Retrieves the comment date of the current comment.
wp-includes/comment-template.php:get_comment_excerpt()	Retrieves the excerpt of the given comment.
wp-includes/comment-template.php:comment_excerpt()	Displays the excerpt of the current comment.
wp-includes/comment-template.php:get_comment_ID()	Retrieves the comment ID of the current comment.
wp-includes/comment-template.php:get_comment_author()	Retrieves the author of the current comment.
wp-includes/comment-template.php:comment_author()	Displays the author of the current comment.
wp-includes/comment-template.php:get_comment_author_email()	Retrieves the email of the author of the current comment.
wp-includes/comment-template.php:comment_author_email()	Displays the email of the author of the current global $comment.
wp-includes/comment-template.php:get_comment_author_email_link()	Returns the HTML email link to the author of the current comment.
wp-includes/comment-template.php:get_comment_author_link()	Retrieves the HTML link to the URL of the author of the current comment.
wp-includes/comment-template.php:get_comment_author_IP()	Retrieves the IP address of the author of the current comment.
wp-includes/comment-template.php:get_comment_author_url()	Retrieves the URL of the author of the current comment, not linked.
wp-includes/comment.php:wp_set_comment_status()	Sets the status of a comment.
wp-includes/comment.php:wp_update_comment()	Updates an existing comment in the database.
wp-includes/comment.php:wp_spam_comment()	Marks a comment as Spam.
wp-includes/comment.php:wp_unspam_comment()	Removes a comment from the Spam.
wp-includes/comment.php:wp_get_comment_status()	Retrieves the status of a comment by comment ID.
wp-includes/comment.php:wp_insert_comment()	Inserts a comment into the database.
wp-includes/comment.php:get_page_of_comment()	Calculates what page number a comment will appear on for comment paging.
wp-includes/comment.php:wp_delete_comment()	Trashes or deletes a comment.
wp-includes/comment.php:wp_trash_comment()	Moves a comment to the Trash
wp-includes/comment.php:wp_untrash_comment()	Removes a comment from the Trash