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WP_Upgrader::fs_connect( string[] $directories = array(), bool $allow_relaxed_file_ownership = false ): bool|WP_Error

Since
2.8.0
Source
wp-admin/includes/class-wp-upgrader.php:236
Connects to the filesystem.

Compatibility

WordPress
since 2.8.0
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

$directoriesstring[]optional
Array of directories. If any of these do not exist, a WP_Error object will be returned.
Default empty array.Default: array()
$allow_relaxed_file_ownershipbooloptional
Whether to allow relaxed file ownership.
Default false.Default: false

Return value

bool|WP_Error
True if able to connect, false or a WP_Error otherwise.

Performance profile

How much work a call to WP_Upgrader::fs_connect() 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 what you pass in.

Instructions
15–73

Executed per call on PHP 8.5, depending on the branch taken. The body compiles to 160.

Plugin surface
None

Nothing here hands control to plugin code.

Called by
1

1 place in core call this, so the cost is paid more often than your own code shows.

What it touches

  • hookthird-party callbacksapply_filters()one call below WP_Upgrader::fs_connect()

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

What one call costs · 16 distinct outcomes

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

WhenInstructionsCalls it makes
$credentials === false15->request_filesystem_credentials()
$credentials !== false && WP_Filesystem() && !is_object($wp_filesystem)32->request_filesystem_credentials(), WP_Filesystem()
$credentials !== false && WP_Filesystem() && is_object($wp_filesystem) && !is_wp_error()34–35->request_filesystem_credentials(), WP_Filesystem(), is_wp_error()
$credentials !== false && !WP_Filesystem() && !is_object($wp_filesystem)34->request_filesystem_credentials(), WP_Filesystem(), ->request_filesystem_credentials()
$credentials !== false && WP_Filesystem() && is_object($wp_filesystem) && is_wp_error()38–45->request_filesystem_credentials(), WP_Filesystem(), is_wp_error(), ->has_errors()
$credentials !== false && !WP_Filesystem() && is_object($wp_filesystem)38–39->request_filesystem_credentials(), WP_Filesystem(), ->has_errors(), ->request_filesystem_credentials()
$credentials !== false && WP_Filesystem() && is_object($wp_filesystem) && !is_wp_error() && !$directories && $dir == false && !->abspath()48->request_filesystem_credentials(), WP_Filesystem(), is_wp_error(), ->abspath()
$credentials !== false && WP_Filesystem() && is_object($wp_filesystem) && !is_wp_error() && !$directories && $dir != false && $dir == false && !->wp_content_dir()51->request_filesystem_credentials(), WP_Filesystem(), is_wp_error(), ->wp_content_dir()
$credentials !== false && WP_Filesystem() && is_object($wp_filesystem) && is_wp_error() && !->has_errors() && !$directories && $dir == false && !->abspath()52->request_filesystem_credentials(), WP_Filesystem(), is_wp_error(), ->has_errors(), ->abspath()
$credentials !== false && WP_Filesystem() && is_object($wp_filesystem) && !is_wp_error() && !$directories && $dir != false && $dir == false && !->wp_plugins_dir()54->request_filesystem_credentials(), WP_Filesystem(), is_wp_error(), ->wp_plugins_dir()
$credentials !== false && WP_Filesystem() && is_object($wp_filesystem) && is_wp_error() && !->has_errors() && !$directories && $dir != false && $dir == false && !->wp_content_dir()55->request_filesystem_credentials(), WP_Filesystem(), is_wp_error(), ->has_errors(), ->wp_content_dir()
$credentials !== false && WP_Filesystem() && is_object($wp_filesystem) && !is_wp_error() && !$directories && $dir != false && $dir == false && !->wp_themes_dir()58->request_filesystem_credentials(), WP_Filesystem(), is_wp_error(), get_theme_root(), ->wp_themes_dir()
4 further outcomes, up to 73 instructions
$credentials !== false && WP_Filesystem() && is_object($wp_filesystem) && is_wp_error() && !->has_errors() && !$directories && $dir != false && $dir == false && !->wp_plugins_dir()58->request_filesystem_credentials(), WP_Filesystem(), is_wp_error(), ->has_errors(), ->wp_plugins_dir()
$credentials !== false && WP_Filesystem() && is_object($wp_filesystem) && is_wp_error() && !->has_errors() && !$directories && $dir != false && $dir == false && !->wp_themes_dir()62->request_filesystem_credentials(), WP_Filesystem(), is_wp_error(), ->has_errors(), get_theme_root(), ->wp_themes_dir()
$credentials !== false && WP_Filesystem() && is_object($wp_filesystem) && !is_wp_error() && !$directories && $dir != false && !->find_folder()69->request_filesystem_credentials(), WP_Filesystem(), is_wp_error(), get_theme_root(), ->find_folder(), basename(), esc_html(), sprintf()
$credentials !== false && WP_Filesystem() && is_object($wp_filesystem) && is_wp_error() && !->has_errors() && !$directories && $dir != false && !->find_folder()73->request_filesystem_credentials(), WP_Filesystem(), is_wp_error(), ->has_errors(), get_theme_root(), ->find_folder(), basename(), esc_html(), sprintf()

Across PHP versions

PHPCompiledExecutedBranchesNotes
8.6-dev16015–7318
8.516015–7318
8.416015–7318
8.316015–7318
8.216015–73181 more instruction than PHP 8.1
8.115915–7218
7.415915–7218

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

Used by · 1

Source code

	public function fs_connect( $directories = array(), $allow_relaxed_file_ownership = false ) {		global $wp_filesystem; 		$credentials = $this->skin->request_filesystem_credentials( false, $directories[0], $allow_relaxed_file_ownership );		if ( false === $credentials ) {			return false;		} 		if ( ! WP_Filesystem( $credentials, $directories[0], $allow_relaxed_file_ownership ) ) {			$error = true;			if ( is_object( $wp_filesystem ) && $wp_filesystem->errors->has_errors() ) {				$error = $wp_filesystem->errors;			}			// Failed to connect. Error and request again.			$this->skin->request_filesystem_credentials( $error, $directories[0], $allow_relaxed_file_ownership );			return false;		} 		if ( ! is_object( $wp_filesystem ) ) {			return new WP_Error( 'fs_unavailable', $this->strings['fs_unavailable'] );		} 		if ( is_wp_error( $wp_filesystem->errors ) && $wp_filesystem->errors->has_errors() ) {			return new WP_Error( 'fs_error', $this->strings['fs_error'], $wp_filesystem->errors );		} 		foreach ( (array) $directories as $dir ) {			switch ( $dir ) {				case ABSPATH:					if ( ! $wp_filesystem->abspath() ) {						return new WP_Error( 'fs_no_root_dir', $this->strings['fs_no_root_dir'] );					}					break;				case WP_CONTENT_DIR:					if ( ! $wp_filesystem->wp_content_dir() ) {						return new WP_Error( 'fs_no_content_dir', $this->strings['fs_no_content_dir'] );					}					break;				case WP_PLUGIN_DIR:					if ( ! $wp_filesystem->wp_plugins_dir() ) {						return new WP_Error( 'fs_no_plugins_dir', $this->strings['fs_no_plugins_dir'] );					}					break;				case get_theme_root():					if ( ! $wp_filesystem->wp_themes_dir() ) {						return new WP_Error( 'fs_no_themes_dir', $this->strings['fs_no_themes_dir'] );					}					break;				default:					if ( ! $wp_filesystem->find_folder( $dir ) ) {						return new WP_Error( 'fs_no_folder', sprintf( $this->strings['fs_no_folder'], esc_html( basename( $dir ) ) ) );					}					break;			}		}		return true;	}

Changelog

Introduced in 2.8.0. 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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