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WP_Theme_JSON::set_spacing_sizes(): void

Since
6.1.0
Source
wp-includes/class-wp-theme-json.php:5350
Sets the spacingSizes array based on the spacingScale values from theme.json.

Compatibility

Deprecated in WordPress 6.6.0. No longer used as the spacingSizes are automatically generated in the constructor and merge methods instead of manually after instantiation.

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.

Return value

void

Performance profile

How much work a call to WP_Theme_JSON::set_spacing_sizes() 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
Light

Touches nothing outside its own arguments.

Scaling
Scales with input

The body loops, so the work grows with how much data it finds.

Instructions
15–61

Executed per call on PHP 8.5, depending on the branch taken. The body compiles to 84.

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 it touches

  • hookthird-party callbacksdo_action()one call below WP_Theme_JSON::set_spacing_sizes()

Further down the call graph this can also reach query, option, cache, serialize and transient. Those are the worst case, several calls deep and usually down an error path, not what a normal call pays.

What one call costs · 3 distinct outcomes

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

WhenInstructionsCalls it makes
always15–42_deprecated_function()
!empty($spacing_scale)28–54_deprecated_function(), __(), sprintf(), wp_trigger_error()
isset($spacing_scale)52–61_deprecated_function(), ::compute_spacing_sizes(), _wp_array_set()

Across PHP versions

PHPCompiledExecutedBranchesNotes
8.6-dev8415–6116
8.58415–6116
8.48415–61166 fewer instructions than PHP 8.3
8.39015–6716
8.29015–6716
8.19015–6716
7.49015–6716

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 · 5

  • _deprecated_function()Marks a function as deprecated and inform when it has been used.
  • wp_trigger_error()Generates a user-level error/warning/notice/deprecation message.
  • __()Retrieves the translation of $text.
  • _wp_array_set()Sets an array in depth based on a path of keys.
  • static::compute_spacing_sizes()

Source code

	public function set_spacing_sizes() {		_deprecated_function( __METHOD__, '6.6.0' ); 		$spacing_scale = $this->theme_json['settings']['spacing']['spacingScale'] ?? array(); 		if ( ! isset( $spacing_scale['steps'] )			|| ! is_numeric( $spacing_scale['steps'] )			|| ! isset( $spacing_scale['mediumStep'] )			|| ! isset( $spacing_scale['unit'] )			|| ! isset( $spacing_scale['operator'] )			|| ! isset( $spacing_scale['increment'] )			|| ! isset( $spacing_scale['steps'] )			|| ! is_numeric( $spacing_scale['increment'] )			|| ! is_numeric( $spacing_scale['mediumStep'] )			|| ( '+' !== $spacing_scale['operator'] && '*' !== $spacing_scale['operator'] ) ) {			if ( ! empty( $spacing_scale ) ) {				wp_trigger_error(					__METHOD__,					sprintf(						/* translators: 1: theme.json, 2: settings.spacing.spacingScale */						__( 'Some of the %1$s %2$s values are invalid' ),						'theme.json',						'settings.spacing.spacingScale'					),					E_USER_NOTICE				);			}			return;		} 		// If theme authors want to prevent the generation of the core spacing scale they can set their theme.json spacingScale.steps to 0.		if ( 0 === $spacing_scale['steps'] ) {			return;		} 		$spacing_sizes = static::compute_spacing_sizes( $spacing_scale ); 		// If there are 7 or fewer steps in the scale revert to numbers for labels instead of t-shirt sizes.		if ( $spacing_scale['steps'] <= 7 ) {			for ( $spacing_sizes_count = 0; $spacing_sizes_count < count( $spacing_sizes ); $spacing_sizes_count++ ) {				$spacing_sizes[ $spacing_sizes_count ]['name'] = (string) ( $spacing_sizes_count + 1 );			}		} 		_wp_array_set( $this->theme_json, array( 'settings', 'spacing', 'spacingSizes', 'default' ), $spacing_sizes );	}

Changelog

Introduced in 6.1.0. One change between 6.7.7 and 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.

7.1.0
Return type changed from null|void to void.verified against source
6.6.0
Deprecated. No longer used as the spacingSizes are automatically generated in the constructor and merge methods instead of manually after instantiation.from the docblock
6.1.0
Introduced.from the docblock

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