ArticleAuthor::getAuthorId PHP Method

    public function getAuthorId()
    {
        return (int) $this->m_data['fk_author_id'];
    }

        } elseif ($blogService->isBlogger($g_user)) {
            // test if using authors from blog
            if (!$blogService->isBlogAuthor($authorObj, $blogInfo)) {
                continue;
            }
        }
        // Sets the author type selected
        $author_type = $f_article_author_type[$i];
        $authorObj->setType($author_type);
        // Links the author to the article
        if ($authorObj->getId() != 0) {
            $articleAuthorObj = new ArticleAuthor($articleObj->getArticleNumber(), $articleObj->getLanguageId(), $authorObj->getId(), $author_type, $i + 1);
        }
        if (isset($articleAuthorObj) && !$articleAuthorObj->exists()) {
            $articleAuthorObj->create();
            $dispatcher->dispatch("user.set_points", new \Newscoop\EventDispatcher\Events\GenericEvent($this, array('authorId' => $articleAuthorObj->getAuthorId())));
        }
        $i++;
    }
}
// Update the article.
$articleObj->setTitle($f_article_title);
$articleObj->setIsIndexed(false);
if (!empty($f_comment_status)) {
    if ($f_comment_status == "enabled" || $f_comment_status == "locked") {
        $commentsEnabled = true;
    } else {
        $commentsEnabled = false;
    }
    // If status has changed, then you need to show/hide all the comments
    // as appropriate.