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WP_Automatic_Updater::send_core_update_notification_email( object $item ): bool

Since
3.7.0
Source
wp-admin/includes/class-wp-automatic-updater.php:312
Notifies an administrator of a core update.

Compatibility

WordPress
since 3.7.0
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

$itemobject
The update offer.

Return value

bool
True if the site administrator is notified of a core update, false otherwise.

Performance profile

How much work a call to WP_Automatic_Updater::send_core_update_notification_email() 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
Moderate

Reads stored settings via get_site_option(), cached per request but not free on a cold cache.

Scaling
Constant

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

Instructions
15–29

Executed per call on PHP 8.5, depending on the branch taken. The body compiles to 31.

Plugin surface
1 hook

Third-party callbacks on 'send_core_update_notification_email' run inside this call, and their cost is not bounded by anything here.

Called by
1

1 place in core call this, so the cost is paid more often than your own code shows.

What it touches

  • optionnetwork optionget_site_option()called directly
  • hookthird-party callbacksapply_filters()called directly

Further down the call graph this can also reach cache, serialize, query and transient. Those are the worst case, several calls deep and usually down an error path, not what a normal call pays.

What one call costs · 5 distinct outcomes

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

WhenInstructionsCalls it makes
!apply_filters()15get_site_option(), apply_filters()
always17get_site_option(), get_site_option()
apply_filters()19get_site_option(), apply_filters(), ->send_email()
!apply_filters()21–25get_site_option(), get_site_option(), apply_filters()
apply_filters()25–29get_site_option(), get_site_option(), apply_filters(), ->send_email()

Across PHP versions

Compiles the same on PHP 7.4, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5 and 8.6-dev: 31 instructions, 15–29 executed per call, 4 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.

Hooks and filters fired · 1

One hook fires while WP_Automatic_Updater::send_core_update_notification_email() runs, in this order:

  1. apply_filters( send_core_update_notification_email )filterline 345 (+33 into the body)

    Filters whether to notify the site administrator of a new core update.

Uses · 3

Used by · 1

Source code

	protected function send_core_update_notification_email( $item ) {		$notified = get_site_option( 'auto_core_update_notified' ); 		// Don't notify if we've already notified the same email address of the same version.		if ( $notified			&& get_site_option( 'admin_email' ) === $notified['email']			&& $notified['version'] === $item->current		) {			return false;		} 		// See if we need to notify users of a core update.		$notify = ! empty( $item->notify_email ); 		/**		 * Filters whether to notify the site administrator of a new core update.		 *		 * By default, administrators are notified when the update offer received		 * from WordPress.org sets a particular flag. This allows some discretion		 * in if and when to notify.		 *		 * This filter is only evaluated once per release. If the same email address		 * was already notified of the same new version, WordPress won't repeatedly		 * email the administrator.		 *		 * This filter is also used on about.php to check if a plugin has disabled		 * these notifications.		 *		 * @since 3.7.0		 *		 * @param bool   $notify Whether the site administrator is notified.		 * @param object $item   The update offer.		 */		if ( ! apply_filters( 'send_core_update_notification_email', $notify, $item ) ) {			return false;		} 		$this->send_email( 'manual', $item );		return true;	}

Changelog

Introduced in 3.7.0. 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.

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