_find_post_by_old_slug( string $post_type ): int

Compatibility

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

Parameters

$post_typestring

The current post type based on the query vars.

Return value

int

The Post ID.

Performance profile

How much work a call to _find_post_by_old_slug() 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_var().

Scaling

Constant

No loop in the body: the same number of instructions runs whatever you pass in.

Instructions

49–82

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

1

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

What it touches

• cacheobject cachewp_cache_get_last_changed()called directly
• sqldatabase query->get_var()called directly

Further down the call graph this can also reach hook. That is 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 _find_post_by_old_slug() can have, taken from its control-flow graph on PHP 8.5.

Uses · 4

• get_query_var()Retrieves the value of a query variable in the WP_Query class.
• wp_cache_get_last_changed()Gets last changed date for the specified cache group.
• wp_cache_get_salted()Retrieves cached data if valid and unchanged.
• wp_cache_set_salted()Stores salted data in the cache.

Used by · 1

• wp_old_slug_redirect()Redirect old slugs to the correct permalink.

Source code

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1157function _find_post_by_old_slug( $post_type ) {1158	global $wpdb;1159 1160	$query = $wpdb->prepare( "SELECT post_id FROM $wpdb->postmeta, $wpdb->posts WHERE ID = post_id AND post_type = %s AND meta_key = '_wp_old_slug' AND meta_value = %s", $post_type, get_query_var( 'name' ) );1161 1162	/*1163	 * If year, monthnum, or day have been specified, make our query more precise1164	 * just in case there are multiple identical _wp_old_slug values.1165	 */1166	if ( get_query_var( 'year' ) ) {1167		$query .= $wpdb->prepare( ' AND YEAR(post_date) = %d', get_query_var( 'year' ) );1168	}1169	if ( get_query_var( 'monthnum' ) ) {1170		$query .= $wpdb->prepare( ' AND MONTH(post_date) = %d', get_query_var( 'monthnum' ) );1171	}1172	if ( get_query_var( 'day' ) ) {1173		$query .= $wpdb->prepare( ' AND DAYOFMONTH(post_date) = %d', get_query_var( 'day' ) );1174	}1175 1176	$key          = md5( $query );1177	$last_changed = wp_cache_get_last_changed( 'posts' );1178	$cache_key    = "find_post_by_old_slug:$key";1179	$cache        = wp_cache_get_salted( $cache_key, 'post-queries', $last_changed );1180	if ( false !== $cache ) {1181		$id = $cache;1182	} else {1183		$id = (int) $wpdb->get_var( $query );1184		wp_cache_set_salted( $cache_key, $id, 'post-queries', $last_changed );1185	}1186 1187	return $id;1188}

Changelog

Introduced in 4.9.3. 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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