_count_posts_cache_key( string $type = 'post', string $perm = '' ): string
- Since
- 3.9.0
- Source
wp-includes/post.php:3430
Compatibility
- WordPress
- since 3.9.0
- 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
$typestringoptional- Post type to retrieve count Default 'post'.Default:
'post' $permstringoptional- 'readable' or empty. Default empty.Default:
''
Return value
string- The cache key.
Performance profile
How much work a call to _count_posts_cache_key() 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
- Constant
- Instructions
- 6–27
- Plugin surface
- None
- Called by
- 2
Touches nothing outside its own arguments.
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 27.
Nothing here hands control to plugin code.
2 places in core call this, so the cost is paid more often than your own code shows.
What one call costs · 5 distinct outcomes
One number would be a lie: the work depends on which branch runs. These are every distinct cost _count_posts_cache_key() can have, taken from its control-flow graph on PHP 8.5.
| When | Instructions | Calls it makes |
|---|---|---|
$perm !== "readable" | 6 | none |
$perm === "readable" && !is_user_logged_in() | 9 | is_user_logged_in() |
$perm === "readable" && is_user_logged_in() | 14 | is_user_logged_in(), get_post_type_object() |
$perm === "readable" && is_user_logged_in() && current_user_can() | 21 | is_user_logged_in(), get_post_type_object(), current_user_can() |
$perm === "readable" && is_user_logged_in() && !current_user_can() | 27 | is_user_logged_in(), get_post_type_object(), current_user_can(), get_current_user_id() |
Across PHP versions
Compiles the same on PHP 7.4, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5 and 8.6-dev: 27 instructions, 6–27 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.
Uses · 4
- is_user_logged_in()Determines whether the current visitor is a logged in user.
- get_post_type_object()Retrieves a post type object by name.
- current_user_can()Returns whether the current user has the specified capability.
- get_current_user_id()Gets the current user's ID.
Used by · 2
- _transition_post_status()Hook for managing future post transitions to published.
- wp_count_posts()Counts number of posts of a post type and if user has permissions to view.
Source code
function _count_posts_cache_key( $type = 'post', $perm = '' ) { $cache_key = 'posts-' . $type; if ( 'readable' === $perm && is_user_logged_in() ) { $post_type_object = get_post_type_object( $type ); if ( $post_type_object && ! current_user_can( $post_type_object->cap->read_private_posts ) ) { $cache_key .= '_' . $perm . '_' . get_current_user_id(); } } return $cache_key;}Changelog
Introduced in 3.9.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
Signature, return type and hooks compared across 5 parsed releases.
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