Show Author post loops - php

Question

So, I have the following to display post loops (wordpress):
METHOD A (works fine)
<?php
if ( get_query_var('paged') ) {
$paged = get_query_var('paged');
} elseif ( get_query_var('page') ) {
$paged = get_query_var('page');
} else {
$paged = 1;
}
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'post',
'paged'=>$paged,
'posts_per_page' => 7,
'orderby' => 'date',
'order' => 'DESC'
);
$loop = new WP_Query( $args );
$id = get_the_ID();
global $paged;
while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post();
?>
Posts go here
<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php wp_reset_postdata(); ?>
<nav id="rh_nav_below">
<ul>
<li class="rh_nav_previous"><?php previous_posts_link( '« PREV', $loop->max_num_pages) ?></li>
<li class="rh_nav_next"><?php next_posts_link( 'NEXT »', $loop->max_num_pages) ?></li>
</ul>
</nav>
Now in the author page, following is used to display a post (a single posts):
METHOD B (works fine)
<?php rewind_posts(); while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<?php the_title(); ?>
<?php endwhile; ?>
I have been trying to change the author post (method b) to method A format, so I can control the number of posts, orderby and etc.
Here is what I have tried:
<?php
if ( get_query_var('paged') ) {
$paged = get_query_var('paged');
} elseif ( get_query_var('page') ) {
$paged = get_query_var('page');
} else {
$paged = 1;
}
$rhp_author_profile_id = get_the_author_id();
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'post',
'paged'=>$paged,
'posts_per_page' => 7,
'orderby' => 'date',
'order' => 'DESC',
'author ' => $rhp_author_profile_id
);
$loop = new WP_Query( $args );
$id = get_the_ID();
global $paged;
while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post();
?>
Posts show here.
However, I am only getting the admin's posts on every other authors.
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks

Answer 1

Try This
<?php
if ( get_query_var('paged') ) {
$paged = get_query_var('paged');
} elseif ( get_query_var('page') ) {
$paged = get_query_var('page');
} else {
$paged = 1;
}
global $current_user;
get_currentuserinfo();
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'post',
'paged'=>$paged,
'posts_per_page' => 7,
'orderby' => 'date',
'order' => 'DESC',
'author ' => $current_user->ID
);
$loop = new WP_Query( $args );
$id = get_the_ID();
global $paged;
while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post();
?>