PHP Make an $ function to an link with an get function

Question

global $userpro;
$user_id=get_the_author_ID(); 
echo $userpro->permalink( get_the_author_meta('ID'));
echo get_avatar( $user_id, 15 );
echo userpro_profile_data('display_name', $user_id, $profile_url);

with this code i get the user profile link and a username but i want to have the username as link to the user profile. so how i add the link to the user name?

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Answer 1

You have the link $userpro->permalink( get_the_author_meta('ID')); and the text.

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