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WP_HTML_Processor::has_self_closing_flag(): bool

Since
6.6.0
Source
wp-includes/html-api/class-wp-html-processor.php:5209
Indicates if the currently matched tag contains the self-closing flag.

Description

No HTML elements ought to have the self-closing flag and for those, the self-closing flag will be ignored. For void elements this is benign because they "self close" automatically. For non-void HTML elements though problems will appear if someone intends to use a self-closing element in place of that element with an empty body.
For HTML foreign elements and custom elements the self-closing flag determines if they self-close or not.

This function does not determine if a tag is self-closing, but only if the self-closing flag is present in the syntax.

Compatibility

WordPress
since 6.6.0
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.

Return value

bool
Whether the currently matched tag contains the self-closing flag.

Performance profile

How much work a call to WP_HTML_Processor::has_self_closing_flag() 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
7–8

Executed per call on PHP 8.5, depending on the branch taken. The body compiles to 10.

Plugin surface
None

Nothing here hands control to plugin code.

Called by
3

3 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_HTML_Processor::has_self_closing_flag() can have, taken from its control-flow graph on PHP 8.5.

WhenInstructionsCalls it makes
->is_virtual()7->is_virtual()
!->is_virtual()8->is_virtual(), ::has_self_closing_flag()

Across PHP versions

PHPCompiledExecutedBranchesNotes
8.6-dev9711 fewer instruction than PHP 8.5
8.5107–81
8.4107–81
8.3107–81
8.2107–81
8.1107–81
7.4107–81

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

Used by · 3

Source code

	public function has_self_closing_flag(): bool {		return $this->is_virtual() ? false : parent::has_self_closing_flag();	}

Changelog

Introduced in 6.6.0. 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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