WP_List_Table::views()
- Since
- 3.1.0
- Source
wp-admin/includes/class-wp-list-table.php:509
Compatibility
- WordPress
- since 3.1.0
- 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.
Performance profile
How much work a call to WP_List_Table::views() 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
- Light
- Scaling
- Scales with input
- Instructions
- 14–26
- Plugin surface
- 1 hook
- Called by
- 0
Touches nothing outside its own arguments.
The body loops, so the work grows with how much data it finds.
Executed per call on PHP 8.5, depending on the branch taken. The body compiles to 35.
Third-party callbacks on 'views_{$this->screen->id}' run inside this call, and their cost is not bounded by anything here.
Nothing in core calls this; the cost is only what you spend yourself.
What it touches
- hookthird-party callbacks
apply_filters()called directly
What one call costs · 2 distinct outcomes
One number would be a lie: the work depends on which branch runs. These are every distinct cost WP_List_Table::views() can have, taken from its control-flow graph on PHP 8.5.
| When | Instructions | Calls it makes |
|---|---|---|
empty($views) | 14 | ->get_views(), apply_filters() |
!empty($views) | 25–26 | ->get_views(), apply_filters(), ->render_screen_reader_content() |
Across PHP versions
| PHP | Compiled | Executed | Branches | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.6-dev | 35 | 14–26 | 3 | |
| 8.5 | 35 | 14–26 | 3 | |
| 8.4 | 35 | 14–26 | 3 | 3 fewer instructions than PHP 8.3 |
| 8.3 | 38 | 14–29 | 3 | |
| 8.2 | 38 | 14–29 | 3 | |
| 8.1 | 38 | 14–29 | 3 | |
| 7.4 | 38 | 14–29 | 3 |
An instruction is not a fixed amount of time, so a matching count is not necessarily the same speed; what it rules out is a difference in the work itself.
Hooks and filters fired · 1
One hook fires while WP_List_Table::views() runs, in this order:
- apply_filters( views_{$this->screen->id} )filterline 521 (+12 into the body)
Filters the list of available list table views.
Uses · 2
- apply_filters()Calls the callback functions that have been added to a filter hook.
- WP_List_Table::get_views()Gets the list of views available on this table.
Source code
public function views() { $views = $this->get_views(); /** * Filters the list of available list table views. * * The dynamic portion of the hook name, `$this->screen->id`, refers * to the ID of the current screen. * * @since 3.1.0 * * @param string[] $views An array of available list table views. */ $views = apply_filters( "views_{$this->screen->id}", $views ); if ( empty( $views ) ) { return; } $this->screen->render_screen_reader_content( 'heading_views' ); echo "<ul class='subsubsub'>\n"; foreach ( $views as $class => $view ) { $views[ $class ] = "\t<li class='$class'>$view"; } echo implode( " |</li>\n", $views ) . "</li>\n"; echo '</ul>'; }Changelog
Introduced in 3.1.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
Signature, return type and hooks compared across 5 parsed releases.
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