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WP_Roles::__call( string $name, array $arguments ): mixed|false

Since
4.0.0
Source
wp-includes/class-wp-roles.php:103
Makes private/protected methods readable for backward compatibility.

Compatibility

WordPress
since 4.0.0
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

$namestring
Method to call.
$argumentsarray
Arguments to pass when calling.

Return value

mixed|false
Return value of the callback, false otherwise.

Performance profile

How much work a call to WP_Roles::__call() 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
5–9

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
0

Nothing in core calls this; the cost is only what you spend yourself.

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_Roles::__call() can have, taken from its control-flow graph on PHP 8.5.

WhenInstructionsCalls it makes
$name !== "_init"5none
$name === "_init"9->_init()

Across PHP versions

PHPCompiledExecutedBranchesNotes
8.6-dev105–91
8.5105–91
8.4105–91
8.3105–91
8.2105–91
8.1105–911 more instruction than PHP 7.4
7.495–81

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 · 1

Source code

	public function __call( $name, $arguments ) {		if ( '_init' === $name ) {			return $this->_init( ...$arguments );		}		return false;	}

Changelog

Introduced in 4.0.0. 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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