title: Get the Author Name in Joomla 2.5
body: <p>How do I get the authors name of the current article in Joomla 2.5?</p>
  
  <p>I tried using this code but its giving me number;</p>
  
  <pre><code>$id = JRequest::getInt('id');
  $article =&amp; JTable::getInstance('content');
  $article-&gt;load($id);
  $article_author = $article-&gt;created_by;
  echo $article_author;
  </code></pre>