Walker::display_element() WordPress Method

The Walker::display_element() method is used to print a given element to the screen. This is typically called from theWalker::walk() method, but can be called directly if needed.

Walker::display_element( object $element, array $children_elements, int $max_depth, int $depth, array $args, string $output ) #

Traverses elements to create list from elements.


Description

Display one element if the element doesn’t have any children otherwise, display the element and its children. Will only traverse up to the max depth and no ignore elements under that depth. It is possible to set the max depth to include all depths, see walk() method.

This method should not be called directly, use the walk() method instead.


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Parameters

$element

(object)(Required)Data object.

$children_elements

(array)(Required)List of elements to continue traversing (passed by reference).

$max_depth

(int)(Required)Max depth to traverse.

$depth

(int)(Required)Depth of current element.

$args

(array)(Required)An array of arguments.

$output

(string)(Required)Used to append additional content (passed by reference).


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Source

File: wp-includes/class-wp-walker.php

	public function display_element( $element, &$children_elements, $max_depth, $depth, $args, &$output ) {
		if ( ! $element ) {
			return;
		}

		$id_field = $this->db_fields['id'];
		$id       = $element->$id_field;

		// Display this element.
		$this->has_children = ! empty( $children_elements[ $id ] );
		if ( isset( $args[0] ) && is_array( $args[0] ) ) {
			$args[0]['has_children'] = $this->has_children; // Back-compat.
		}

		$this->start_el( $output, $element, $depth, ...array_values( $args ) );

		// Descend only when the depth is right and there are children for this element.
		if ( ( 0 == $max_depth || $max_depth > $depth + 1 ) && isset( $children_elements[ $id ] ) ) {

			foreach ( $children_elements[ $id ] as $child ) {

				if ( ! isset( $newlevel ) ) {
					$newlevel = true;
					// Start the child delimiter.
					$this->start_lvl( $output, $depth, ...array_values( $args ) );
				}
				$this->display_element( $child, $children_elements, $max_depth, $depth + 1, $args, $output );
			}
			unset( $children_elements[ $id ] );
		}

		if ( isset( $newlevel ) && $newlevel ) {
			// End the child delimiter.
			$this->end_lvl( $output, $depth, ...array_values( $args ) );
		}

		// End this element.
		$this->end_el( $output, $element, $depth, ...array_values( $args ) );
	}


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Changelog

Changelog
VersionDescription
2.5.0Introduced.

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