wpdb::strip_invalid_text( array $data ): array|WP_Error

Compatibility

Present in every tracked release (6.7.7 to 7.1.0), and compiles on PHP 7.4 through 8.6-dev.

Parameters

$dataarray

Array of value arrays. Each value array has the keys 'value', 'charset', and 'length'.
An optional 'ascii' key can be set to false to avoid redundant ASCII checks.

Return value

array|WP_Error

The $data parameter, with invalid characters removed from each value.
This works as a passthrough: any additional keys such as 'field' are retained in each value array. If we cannot remove invalid characters, a WP_Error object is returned.

Performance profile

How much work a call to wpdb::strip_invalid_text() 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

Reaches the database via ->get_row().

Scaling

Scales with input

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

Instructions

7–34

Executed per call on PHP 8.5, depending on the branch taken. The body compiles to 214.

Plugin surface

None

Nothing here hands control to plugin code.

Called by

3

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

What it touches

• sqldatabase query->get_row()called directly

Further down the call graph this can also reach option, hook, cache, serialize, query 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 wpdb::strip_invalid_text() can have, taken from its control-flow graph on PHP 8.5.

Uses · 9

• mbstring_binary_safe_encoding()Sets the mbstring internal encoding to a binary safe encoding when func_overload is enabled.
• reset_mbstring_encoding()Resets the mbstring internal encoding to a users previously set encoding.
• mb_strlen()Compat function to mimic mb_strlen().
• mb_substr()Compat function to mimic mb_substr().
• __()Retrieves the translation of $text.
• wpdb::check_ascii()Checks if a string is ASCII.
• wpdb::prepare()Prepares a SQL query for safe execution.
• wpdb::get_row()Retrieves one row from the database.
• WP_Error::__construct()Initializes the error.

Used by · 3

• wpdb::process_fields()Processes arrays of field/value pairs and field formats.
• wpdb::strip_invalid_text_for_column()Strips any invalid characters from the string for a given table and column.
• wpdb::strip_invalid_text_from_query()Strips any invalid characters from the query.

Changelog

Introduced in 4.2.0. 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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