* A PHP-Based RSS and Atom Feed Framework.
* Takes the hard work out of managing a complete RSS/Atom solution.
* Copyright (c) 2004-2016, Ryan Parman, Sam Sneddon, Ryan McCue, and contributors
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* @copyright 2004-2016 Ryan Parman, Sam Sneddon, Ryan McCue
* @link http://simplepie.org/ SimplePie
* @license http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php BSD License
* Manages all author-related data
* Used by {@see SimplePie_Item::get_author()} and {@see SimplePie::get_authors()}
* This class can be overloaded with {@see SimplePie::set_author_class()}
* Constructor, used to input the data
public function __construct($name = null, $link = null, $email = null)
public function __toString()
// There is no $this->data here
return md5(serialize($this));
public function get_name()
if ($this->name !== null)
public function get_link()
if ($this->link !== null)
public function get_email()
if ($this->email !== null)