diff --git a/wp-includes/template-functions-comment.php b/wp-includes/template-functions-comment.php
index 32738bf40..cb74fcca3 100644
--- a/wp-includes/template-functions-comment.php
+++ b/wp-includes/template-functions-comment.php
@@ -170,9 +170,7 @@ function comment_author_url_link($linktext='', $before='', $after='') {
if ((!empty($url)) && ($url != 'http://') && ($url != 'http://url')) {
$display = ($linktext != '') ? $linktext : stripslashes($url);
- echo $before;
- echo ''.$display.'';
- echo $after;
+ echo "$before$display$after";
}
}
@@ -237,7 +235,7 @@ function comments_rss_link($link_text='Comments RSS', $commentsrssfilename = 'wp
$url = $siteurl.'/'.$commentsrssfilename.$querystring_start.'p'.$querystring_equal.$id;
}
- echo ''.$link_text.'';
+ echo "$link_text";
}
function comment_author_rss() {