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For the shortcode I am using, the developer of the plugin only added the ability to output content via the shortcode. So the shortcode is all I have to work with.

Here is the default shortcode which does work:

echo do_shortcode("[theplugin_user_data user_id='8']");

With this code, it will output the data for the user with user id of "8". Problem is I can't use this code because if I put that it would give the same data for user id "8" to all comments, while I need it to fetch for each commenter.

So basically I need to fetch the user id of the current comment author, and after fetching their id I need to insert it dynamically into the shortcode.

Here is an idea of what I can come up with but I don't know how to make it work.

echo do_shortcode("[theplugin_user_data user_id='" . phpcodehere . "']");

So how can I get the current commenter's user id and insert it into the shortcode shown above?

Note:
I am putting this in the comments section to pull the data. I am using the default wordpress comments system, no plugins or external comments system (the plugin I am pulling data from doesn't have anything to do with comments).

Note 2:
The user ID that is needed is the commenter who MADE the comment, not who is logged in -- please note that this is inside a wordpress comments loop pulling all comments, this:

<li id="comment-<?php comment_ID(); ?>" <?php comment_class( empty( $args['has_children'] ) ? '' : 'parent' ); ?>>

For example, get_comment_author_link() works inside the loop to get the link for the comment author. What I need is the user ID of the comment author.

Note 3:
Not the post author, nor the logged in user; what I need is the comment author user ID.

For the shortcode I am using, the developer of the plugin only added the ability to output content via the shortcode. So the shortcode is all I have to work with.

Here is the default shortcode which does work:

echo do_shortcode("[theplugin_user_data user_id='8']");

With this code, it will output the data for the user with user id of "8". Problem is I can't use this code because if I put that it would give the same data for user id "8" to all comments, while I need it to fetch for each commenter.

So basically I need to fetch the user id of the current comment author, and after fetching their id I need to insert it dynamically into the shortcode.

Here is an idea of what I can come up with but I don't know how to make it work.

echo do_shortcode("[theplugin_user_data user_id='" . phpcodehere . "']");

So how can I get the current commenter's user id and insert it into the shortcode shown above?

Note:
I am putting this in the comments section to pull the data. I am using the default wordpress comments system, no plugins or external comments system (the plugin I am pulling data from doesn't have anything to do with comments).

Note 2:
The user ID that is needed is the commenter who MADE the comment, not who is logged in -- please note that this is inside a wordpress comments loop pulling all comments. Here is the comment loop:

function theme_comment( $comment, $args, $depth ) {
    $GLOBALS['comment'] = $comment;

For example, get_comment_author_link() works inside the loop to get the link for the comment author. What I need is the user ID of the comment author.

Note 3:
Not the post author, nor the logged in user; what I need is the comment author user ID.

For the shortcode I am using, the developer of the plugin only added the ability to output content via the shortcode. So the shortcode is all I have to work with.

Here is the default shortcode which does work:

echo do_shortcode("[theplugin_user_data user_id='8']");

With this code, it will output the data for the user with user id of "8". Problem is I can't use this code because if I put that it would give the same data for user id "8" to all comments, while I need it to fetch for each commenter.

So basically I need to fetch the user id of the current comment author, and after fetching their id I need to insert it dynamically into the shortcode.

Here is an idea of what I can come up with but I don't know how to make it work.

echo do_shortcode("[theplugin_user_data user_id='" . phpcodehere . "']");

So how can I get the current commenter's user id and insert it into the shortcode shown above?

Note:
I am putting this in the comments section to pull the data. I am using the default wordpress comments system, no plugins or external comments system (the plugin I am pulling data from doesn't have anything to do with comments).

Note 2:
The user ID that is needed is the commenter who MADE the comment, not who is logged in -- please note that this is inside a wordpress comments loop pulling all comments, this:

<li id="comment-<?php comment_ID(); ?>" <?php comment_class( empty( $args['has_children'] ) ? '' : 'parent' ); ?>>

For example, get_comment_author_link() works inside the loop to get the link for the comment author. What I need is the user ID of the comment author  (Note: NOT the post author; what I need is the comment author).

For the shortcode I am using, the developer of the plugin only added the ability to output content via the shortcode. So the shortcode is all I have to work with.

Here is the default shortcode which does work:

echo do_shortcode("[theplugin_user_data user_id='8']");

With this code, it will output the data for the user with user id of "8". Problem is I can't use this code because if I put that it would give the same data for user id "8" to all comments, while I need it to fetch for each commenter.

So basically I need to fetch the user id of the current comment author, and after fetching their id I need to insert it dynamically into the shortcode.

Here is an idea of what I can come up with but I don't know how to make it work.

echo do_shortcode("[theplugin_user_data user_id='" . phpcodehere . "']");

So how can I get the current commenter's user id and insert it into the shortcode shown above?

Note:
I am putting this in the comments section to pull the data. I am using the default wordpress comments system, no plugins or external comments system (the plugin I am pulling data from doesn't have anything to do with comments).

Note 2:
The user ID that is needed is the commenter who MADE the comment, not who is logged in -- please note that this is inside a wordpress comments loop pulling all comments, this:

<li id="comment-<?php comment_ID(); ?>" <?php comment_class( empty( $args['has_children'] ) ? '' : 'parent' ); ?>>

For example, get_comment_author_link() works inside the loop to get the link for the comment author. What I need is the user ID of the comment author.

Note 3:
Not the post author, nor the logged in user; what I need is the comment author user ID.

For the shortcode I am using, the developer of the plugin only added the ability to output content via the shortcode. So the shortcode is all I have to work with.

Here is the default shortcode which does work:

echo do_shortcode("[theplugin_user_data user_id='8']");

With this code, it will output the data for the user with user id of "8". Problem is I can't use this code because if I put that it would give the same data for user id "8" to all comments, while I need it to fetch for each commenter.

So basically I need to fetch the user id of the current comment author, and after fetching their id I need to insert it dynamically into the shortcode.

Here is an idea of what I can come up with but I don't know how to make it work.

echo do_shortcode("[theplugin_user_data user_id='" . phpcodehere . "']");

So how can I get the current commenter's user id and insert it into the shortcode shown above?

Note:
I am putting this in the comments section to pull the data. I am using the default wordpress comments system, no plugins or external comments system (the plugin I am pulling data from doesn't have anything to do with comments).

For the shortcode I am using, the developer of the plugin only added the ability to output content via the shortcode. So the shortcode is all I have to work with.

Here is the default shortcode which does work:

echo do_shortcode("[theplugin_user_data user_id='8']");

With this code, it will output the data for the user with user id of "8". Problem is I can't use this code because if I put that it would give the same data for user id "8" to all comments, while I need it to fetch for each commenter.

So basically I need to fetch the user id of the current comment author, and after fetching their id I need to insert it dynamically into the shortcode.

Here is an idea of what I can come up with but I don't know how to make it work.

echo do_shortcode("[theplugin_user_data user_id='" . phpcodehere . "']");

So how can I get the current commenter's user id and insert it into the shortcode shown above?

Note:
I am putting this in the comments section to pull the data. I am using the default wordpress comments system, no plugins or external comments system (the plugin I am pulling data from doesn't have anything to do with comments).

Note 2:
The user ID that is needed is the commenter who MADE the comment, not who is logged in -- please note that this is inside a wordpress comments loop pulling all comments, this:

<li id="comment-<?php comment_ID(); ?>" <?php comment_class( empty( $args['has_children'] ) ? '' : 'parent' ); ?>>

For example, get_comment_author_link() works inside the loop to get the link for the comment author. What I need is the user ID of the comment author (Note: NOT the post author; what I need is the comment author).