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WP_Style_Engine::get_css_var_value( string $style_value, string[] $css_vars ): string

Since
6.1.0
Source
wp-includes/style-engine/class-wp-style-engine.php:406
Util: Generates a CSS var string, e.g. var(--wp--preset--color--background) from a preset string such as var:preset|space|50.

Compatibility

WordPress
since 6.1.0
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.

Parameters

$style_valuestring
A single CSS preset value.
$css_varsstring[]
An associate array of CSS var patterns used to generate the var string.

Return value

string
The CSS var, or an empty string if no match for slug found.

Performance profile

How much work a call to WP_Style_Engine::get_css_var_value() 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
Scales with input

The body loops, so the work grows with what you pass in.

Instructions
5–21

Executed per call on PHP 8.5, depending on the branch taken. The body compiles to 23.

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

WhenInstructionsCalls it makes
always5–6none
!$css_vars && ::is_valid_style_value()21::get_slug_from_preset_value(), ::is_valid_style_value()

Across PHP versions

PHPCompiledExecutedBranchesNotes
8.6-dev235–213
8.5235–213
8.4235–2134 fewer instructions than PHP 8.3
8.3275–253
8.2275–253
8.1275–253
7.4275–253

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

  • static::get_slug_from_preset_value()
  • static::is_valid_style_value()

Source code

	protected static function get_css_var_value( $style_value, $css_vars ) {		foreach ( $css_vars as $property_key => $css_var_pattern ) {			$slug = static::get_slug_from_preset_value( $style_value, $property_key );			if ( static::is_valid_style_value( $slug ) ) {				$var = strtr(					$css_var_pattern,					array( '$slug' => $slug )				);				return "var($var)";			}		}		return '';	}

Changelog

Introduced in 6.1.0. 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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