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
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
- Scaling
- Constant
- Instructions
- 24
- Plugin surface
- 1 hook
- Called by
- 2
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. The body compiles to 24.
Third-party callbacks on 'rest_envelope_response' run inside this call, and their cost is not bounded by anything here.
2 places in core call this, so the cost is paid more often than your own code shows.
What it touches
- hookthird-party callbacks
apply_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.
| When | Instructions | Calls it makes |
|---|---|---|
| always | 24 | ->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:
- apply_filters( rest_envelope_response )filterline 882 (+21 into the body)
Filters the enveloped form of a REST API response.
Uses · 3
- apply_filters()Calls the callback functions that have been added to a filter hook.
- rest_ensure_response()Ensures a REST response is a response object (for consistency).
- WP_REST_Server::response_to_data()Converts a response to data to send.
Used by · 2
- WP_REST_Server::serve_batch_request_v1()Serves the batch/v1 request.
- WP_REST_Server::serve_request()Handles serving a REST API request.
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.
Signature, return type and hooks compared across 5 parsed releases.
$embed parameter can now contain a list of link relations to include.from the docblockAbout this page
- Parsed data
- Generated from the wordpress-develop 7.0.4 tag, from
src/wp-includes/rest-api/class-wp-rest-server.php, and regenerated for each WordPress release so it tracks the code rather than a snapshot of it. - Corrections
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