From b35b81f298fda504a04763b05c7436a1cd83eab9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: westi <westi@1a063a9b-81f0-0310-95a4-ce76da25c4cd>
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:54:47 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add (get_)the_modified_author template tags. Fixes #9154
 props tomontoast.

git-svn-id: http://svn.automattic.com/wordpress/trunk@10661 1a063a9b-81f0-0310-95a4-ce76da25c4cd
---
 wp-includes/author-template.php | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+)

diff --git a/wp-includes/author-template.php b/wp-includes/author-template.php
index 34b9efe08..7f079772f 100644
--- a/wp-includes/author-template.php
+++ b/wp-includes/author-template.php
@@ -50,6 +50,35 @@ function the_author($deprecated = '', $deprecated_echo = true) {
 	return get_the_author();
 }
 
+/**
+ * Retrieve the author who last edited the current post.
+ *
+ * @since 2.8
+ * @uses $post The current post's DB object.
+ * @uses get_post_meta() Retrieves the ID of the author who last edited the current post.
+ * @uses get_userdata() Retrieves the author's DB object.
+ * @uses apply_filters() Calls 'the_modified_author' hook on the author display name.
+ * @return string The author's display name.
+ */
+function get_the_modified_author() {
+	global $post;
+	if ( $last_id = get_post_meta($post->ID, '_edit_last', true) ) {
+		$last_user = get_userdata($last_id);
+		return apply_filters('the_modified_author', $last_user->display_name);
+	}
+}
+
+/**
+ * Display the name of the author who last edited the current post.
+ *
+ * @since 2.8
+ * @see get_the_author()
+ * @return string The author's display name, from get_the_modified_author().
+ */
+function the_modified_author() {
+	echo get_the_modified_author();
+}
+
 /**
  * Retrieve the description of the author of the current post.
  *