如何修复PHP代码不返回所需的页面链接

Question

I am setting up an auction site on WordPress and am trying to change a button that originally leads to the authors profile to lead to a page named after the author

This is the original code:

<a href="<?php echo get_author_posts_url( $post->post_author ); ?>"

This is what is have done so far:

<a href="<?php echo get_page_link( get_page_by_title(author_name)->ID ); ?>"
<div class="col-4">
<a href="<?php echo get_page_link( get_page_by_title(author_name)->ID ); ?>" class="btn btn-primary btn-block text-uppercase"><?php echo __("Visit Profile","premiumpress") ?></a>
</div>

I know i am missing a line that is in getting the authors name which will be used as title for the page id that needs to be echoed, i need help with fixing the code

Answer 1

Not really clear what you really want, but :

First - what is author_name ? is that some placeholder you have put for the question ? is that $author_name as a variable ?

I am asking this because the syntax get_page_by_title(author_name)->ID is not correct.

Like I said, I am not sure what you want exactly and what this author really is and how it is created / handled, but Anyhow you should look at the get_the_author_meta() function and could try using any of the related fields like get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ) or get_the_author_meta('user_nicename').