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Walker_Comment::end_el( string $output, WP_Comment $data_object, int $depth = 0, array $args = array() )

Since
2.7.0, 5.9.0
Source
wp-includes/class-walker-comment.php:225
Ends the element output, if needed.

Compatibility

WordPress
since 5.9.0
PHP
7.4–8.6-dev
  • 6.7.7
  • 6.8.8
  • 6.9.7
  • 7.0.4
  • 7.1.0

Present in every tracked release (6.7.7 to 7.1.0), and compiles on PHP 7.4 through 8.6-dev.

Parameters

$outputstring
Used to append additional content. Passed by reference.
$data_objectWP_Comment
Comment data object.
$depthintoptional
Depth of the current comment. Default 0.Default: 0
$argsarrayoptional
An array of arguments. Default empty array.Default: array()

Performance profile

How much work a call to Walker_Comment::end_el() does, and what it touches: the algorithmic scaling, the Zend instruction count per call across PHP versions, the hooks it hands control to, and the core code that calls it. Measured from the compiled opcodes, not a stopwatch, so every number is identical on any machine running the same PHP version, and every function in core is ranked by cost.

Cost class
Trivial

Touches nothing outside its own arguments.

Scaling
Constant

No loop in the body: the same number of instructions runs whatever you pass in.

Instructions
11–18

Executed per call on PHP 8.5, depending on the branch taken. The body compiles to 25.

Plugin surface
None

Nothing here hands control to plugin code.

Called by
0

Nothing in core calls this; the cost is only what you spend yourself.

What one call costs · 2 distinct outcomes

One number would be a lie: the work depends on which branch runs. These are every distinct cost Walker_Comment::end_el() can have, taken from its control-flow graph on PHP 8.5.

WhenInstructionsCalls it makes
empty($args)11none
!empty($args)18ob_start(), call_user_func(), ob_get_clean()

Across PHP versions

Compiles the same on PHP 7.4, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5 and 8.6-dev: 25 instructions, 11–18 executed per call, 2 branches. The work does not change between versions.

An instruction is not a fixed amount of time, so a matching count is not necessarily the same speed; what it rules out is a difference in the work itself.

Source code

	public function end_el( &$output, $data_object, $depth = 0, $args = array() ) {		if ( ! empty( $args['end-callback'] ) ) {			ob_start();			call_user_func(				$args['end-callback'],				$data_object, // The current comment object.				$args,				$depth			);			$output .= ob_get_clean();			return;		}		if ( 'div' === $args['style'] ) {			$output .= "</div><!-- #comment-## -->\n";		} else {			$output .= "</li><!-- #comment-## -->\n";		}	}

Changelog

Introduced in 2.7.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.

  1. 6.7.7
  2. 6.8.8
  3. 6.9.7
  4. 7.0.4
  5. 7.1.0

Signature, return type and hooks compared across 5 parsed releases.

5.9.0
Renamed $comment to $data_object to match parent class for PHP 8 named parameter support.from the docblock
2.7.0
Introduced.from the docblock

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