wp_xmlrpc_server::wp_getMediaItem( array $args ): array|IXR_Error
- Since
- 3.1.0
- Source
wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php:4375
Compatibility
- WordPress
- since 3.1.0
- 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
$argsarray- Method arguments. Note: arguments must be ordered as documented.
$0intBlog ID (unused).$1stringUsername.$2stringPassword.$3intAttachment ID.
Return value
array|IXR_Error- Associative array contains:
- 'date_created_gmt'
- 'parent'
- 'link'
- 'thumbnail'
- 'title'
- 'caption'
- 'description'
- 'metadata'
Performance profile
How much work a call to wp_xmlrpc_server::wp_getMediaItem() 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
- Heavy
- Scaling
- Constant
- Instructions
- 16–41
- Plugin surface
- 1 hook
- Called by
- 0
Reaches the database via get_post().
No loop in the body: the same number of instructions runs whatever you pass in.
Executed per call on PHP 8.5, depending on the branch taken. The body compiles to 55.
Third-party callbacks on 'xmlrpc_call' run inside this call, and their cost is not bounded by anything here.
Nothing in core calls this; the cost is only what you spend yourself.
What it touches
- hookthird-party callbacks
do_action()called directly - querycontent query
get_post()called directly
Further down the call graph this can also reach 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 · 4 distinct outcomes
One number would be a lie: the work depends on which branch runs. These are every distinct cost wp_xmlrpc_server::wp_getMediaItem() can have, taken from its control-flow graph on PHP 8.5.
| When | Instructions | Calls it makes |
|---|---|---|
| always | 16 | ->escape(), ->login() |
!current_user_can() | 26 | ->escape(), ->login(), current_user_can(), __() |
current_user_can() | 37 | ->escape(), ->login(), current_user_can(), do_action(), get_post(), ->_prepare_media_item() |
current_user_can() | 38–41 | ->escape(), ->login(), current_user_can(), do_action(), get_post(), __() |
Across PHP versions
Compiles the same on PHP 7.4, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5 and 8.6-dev: 55 instructions, 16–41 executed per call, 4 branches. The work does not change between versions.
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.
Hooks and filters fired · 1
One hook fires while wp_xmlrpc_server::wp_getMediaItem() runs, in this order:
- do_action( xmlrpc_call )actionline 4392 (+17 into the body)
Fires after the XML-RPC user has been authenticated but before the rest of the method logic begins.
Uses · 8
- current_user_can()Returns whether the current user has the specified capability.
- __()Retrieves the translation of $text.
- do_action()Calls the callback functions that have been added to an action hook.
- get_post()Retrieves post data given a post ID or post object.
- wp_xmlrpc_server::escape()Escapes string or array of strings for database.
- wp_xmlrpc_server::login()Logs user in.
- IXR_Error::__construct()PHP5 constructor.
- wp_xmlrpc_server::_prepare_media_item()Prepares media item data for return in an XML-RPC object.
Source code
public function wp_getMediaItem( $args ) { $this->escape( $args ); $username = $args[1]; $password = $args[2]; $attachment_id = (int) $args[3]; $user = $this->login( $username, $password ); if ( ! $user ) { return $this->error; } if ( ! current_user_can( 'upload_files' ) ) { return new IXR_Error( 403, __( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to upload files.' ) ); } /** This action is documented in wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php */ do_action( 'xmlrpc_call', 'wp.getMediaItem', $args, $this ); $attachment = get_post( $attachment_id ); if ( ! $attachment || 'attachment' !== $attachment->post_type ) { return new IXR_Error( 404, __( 'Invalid attachment ID.' ) ); } return $this->_prepare_media_item( $attachment ); }Changelog
Introduced in 3.1.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
Signature, return type and hooks compared across 5 parsed releases.
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