WP_Theme_JSON::scope_selector( string $scope, string $selector ): string
- Since
- 5.9.0, 6.6.0
- Source
wp-includes/class-wp-theme-json.php:1996
& operator isn't supported.Description
$scope = '.a, .b .c';
$selector = '> .x, .y';
$merged = scope_selector( $scope, $selector );
// $merged is '.a > .x, .a .y, .b .c > .x, .b .c .y'
Compatibility
- WordPress
- since 6.6.0
- 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
$scopestring- Selector to scope to.
$selectorstring- Original selector.
Return value
string- Scoped selector.
Performance profile
How much work a call to WP_Theme_JSON::scope_selector() 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
- Scales with input
- Instructions
- 4–20
- Plugin surface
- None
- Called by
- 3
Touches nothing outside its own arguments.
The body loops, so the work grows with what you pass in.
Executed per call on PHP 8.5, depending on the branch taken. The body compiles to 48.
Nothing here hands control to plugin code.
3 places in core call this, so the cost is paid more often than your own code shows.
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_Theme_JSON::scope_selector() can have, taken from its control-flow graph on PHP 8.5.
| When | Instructions | Calls it makes |
|---|---|---|
| always | 4–5 | none |
| always | 19–20 | explode(), explode() |
Across PHP versions
| PHP | Compiled | Executed | Branches | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.6-dev | 48 | 4–20 | 10 | |
| 8.5 | 48 | 4–20 | 10 | |
| 8.4 | 48 | 4–20 | 10 | 8 fewer instructions than PHP 8.3 |
| 8.3 | 56 | 4–24 | 10 | |
| 8.2 | 56 | 4–24 | 10 | |
| 8.1 | 56 | 4–24 | 10 | |
| 7.4 | 56 | 4–24 | 10 |
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.
Used by · 3
- WP_Duotone::get_selector()Get the CSS selector for a block type.
- _wp_add_block_level_preset_styles()Render the block level presets stylesheet.
- wp_get_block_css_selector()Determines the CSS selector for the block type and property provided, returning it if available.
Source code
public static function scope_selector( $scope, $selector ) { if ( ! $scope || ! $selector ) { return $selector; } $scopes = explode( ',', $scope ); $selectors = explode( ',', $selector ); $selectors_scoped = array(); foreach ( $scopes as $outer ) { foreach ( $selectors as $inner ) { $outer = trim( $outer ); $inner = trim( $inner ); if ( ! empty( $outer ) && ! empty( $inner ) ) { $selectors_scoped[] = $outer . ' ' . $inner; } elseif ( empty( $outer ) ) { $selectors_scoped[] = $inner; } elseif ( empty( $inner ) ) { $selectors_scoped[] = $outer; } } } $result = implode( ', ', $selectors_scoped ); return $result; }Changelog
Introduced in 5.9.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
Signature, return type and hooks compared across 5 parsed releases.
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