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WP_REST_Server::envelope_response( WP_REST_Response $response, bool|string[] $embed ): WP_REST_Response

Since
4.4.0, 6.0.0
Source
wp-includes/rest-api/class-wp-rest-server.php:861
Wraps the response in an envelope.

Description

The enveloping technique is used to work around browser/client compatibility issues. Essentially, it converts the full HTTP response to data instead.

Compatibility

WordPress
since 6.0.0
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

$responseWP_REST_Response
Response object.
$embedbool|string[]
Whether to embed all links, a filtered list of link relations, or no links.

Return value

WP_REST_Response
New response with wrapped data

Performance profile

How much work a call to WP_REST_Server::envelope_response() 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
24

Executed per call on PHP 8.5. The body compiles to 24.

Plugin surface
1 hook

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

Called by
2

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

What it touches

  • hookthird-party callbacksapply_filters()called directly

What one call costs · 1 distinct outcome

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

WhenInstructionsCalls it makes
always24->response_to_data(), ->get_status(), ->get_headers(), apply_filters(), rest_ensure_response()

Across PHP versions

Compiles the same on PHP 7.4, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5 and 8.6-dev: 24 instructions, 24 executed per call, 0 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_REST_Server::envelope_response() runs, in this order:

  1. apply_filters( rest_envelope_response )filterline 882 (+21 into the body)

    Filters the enveloped form of a REST API response.

Uses · 3

Used by · 2

Source code

	public function envelope_response( $response, $embed ) {		$envelope = array(			'body'    => $this->response_to_data( $response, $embed ),			'status'  => $response->get_status(),			'headers' => $response->get_headers(),		); 		/**		 * Filters the enveloped form of a REST API response.		 *		 * @since 4.4.0		 *		 * @param array            $envelope {		 *     Envelope data.		 *		 *     @type array $body    Response data.		 *     @type int   $status  The 3-digit HTTP status code.		 *     @type array $headers Map of header name to header value.		 * }		 * @param WP_REST_Response $response Original response data.		 */		$envelope = apply_filters( 'rest_envelope_response', $envelope, $response ); 		// Ensure it's still a response and return.		return rest_ensure_response( $envelope );	}

Changelog

Introduced in 4.4.0. 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.

6.0.0
The $embed parameter can now contain a list of link relations to include.from the docblock
4.4.0
Introduced.from the docblock

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