WP_Block::__construct( array $block, array $available_context = array(), WP_Block_Type_Registry $registry = null )
- Since
- 5.5.0
- Source
wp-includes/class-wp-block.php:129
Description
Populates object properties from the provided block instance argument.
The given array of context values will not necessarily be available on the instance itself, but is treated as the full set of values provided by the block's ancestry. This is assigned to the private available_context property. Only values which are configured to consumed by the block via its registered type will be assigned to the block's context property.
Compatibility
- WordPress
- since 5.5.0
- 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
$blockarray- An associative array of a single parsed block object. See WP_Block_Parser_Block.
$blockNamestringName of block.$attrsarrayAttributes from block comment delimiters.$innerBlocksarrayList of inner blocks. An array of arrays that have the same structure as this one.$innerHTMLstringHTML from inside block comment delimiters.$innerContentarrayList of string fragments and null markers where inner blocks were found.
$available_contextarrayoptional- Optional array of ancestry context values.Default:
array() $registryWP_Block_Type_Registryoptional- Optional block type registry.Default:
null
Performance profile
How much work a call to WP_Block::__construct() 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
- Scaling
- Constant
- Instructions
- 24–27
- Plugin surface
- None
- Called by
- 5
Touches nothing outside its own arguments.
No loop in the body: the same number of instructions runs whatever you pass in.
Executed per call on PHP 8.5, depending on the branch taken. The body compiles to 27.
Nothing here hands control to plugin code.
5 places in core call this, so the cost is paid more often than your own code shows.
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 WP_Block::__construct() can have, taken from its control-flow graph on PHP 8.5.
| When | Instructions | Calls it makes |
|---|---|---|
$registry !== null | 24 | ->get_registered(), ->refresh_context_dependents() |
$registry === null | 27 | ::WP_Block_Type_Registry(), ->get_registered(), ->refresh_context_dependents() |
Across PHP versions
Compiles the same on PHP 7.4, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5 and 8.6-dev: 27 instructions, 24–27 executed per call, 1 branch. 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.
Uses · 2
- WP_Block_Type_Registry::get_instance()Utility method to retrieve the main instance of the class.
- WP_Block::refresh_context_dependents()Updates the context for the current block and its inner blocks.
Used by · 5
- WP_Block_List::offsetGet()Returns the value by the specified block offset.
- block_core_comment_template_render_comments()Function that recursively renders a list of nested comments.
- render_block()Renders a single block into a HTML string.
- render_block_core_post_template()Renders the `core/post-template` block on the server.
- wp_render_duotone_support()Renders out the duotone stylesheet and SVG.
Source code
public function __construct( $block, $available_context = array(), $registry = null ) { $this->parsed_block = $block; $this->name = $block['blockName']; if ( is_null( $registry ) ) { $registry = WP_Block_Type_Registry::get_instance(); } $this->registry = $registry; $this->block_type = $registry->get_registered( $this->name ); $this->available_context = $available_context; $this->refresh_context_dependents(); }Changelog
Introduced in 5.5.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
Signature, return type and hooks compared across 5 parsed releases.
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