2883612 - Fix PHP notice when trying to change the format for the author name.

[mxhCodes]

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[mxhCodes]

This PR only addresses to fix the PHP notice occurring on missing fields, nothing more.
There are other PRs like this one which aim to solve the issue of displaying the author.