get_comment( WP_Comment|string|int $comment = null, string $output = OBJECT ): WP_Comment|array|null

221function get_comment( $comment = null, $output = OBJECT ) {222	if ( empty( $comment ) && isset( $GLOBALS['comment'] ) ) {223		$comment = $GLOBALS['comment'];224	}225 226	if ( $comment instanceof WP_Comment ) {227		$_comment = $comment;228	} elseif ( is_object( $comment ) ) {229		$_comment = new WP_Comment( $comment );230	} else {231		$_comment = WP_Comment::get_instance( $comment );232	}233 234	if ( ! $_comment ) {235		return null;236	}237 238	/**239	 * Fires after a comment is retrieved.240	 *241	 * @since 2.3.0242	 *243	 * @param WP_Comment $_comment Comment data.244	 */245	$_comment = apply_filters( 'get_comment', $_comment );246 247	if ( OBJECT === $output ) {248		return $_comment;249	} elseif ( ARRAY_A === $output ) {250		return $_comment->to_array();251	} elseif ( ARRAY_N === $output ) {252		return array_values( $_comment->to_array() );253	}254	return $_comment;255}