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_scalar_wp_die_handler( string $message = '', string $title = '', string|array $args = array() )

Since
3.4.0, 5.1.0
Source
wp-includes/functions.php:4264
Kills WordPress execution and displays an error message.

Description

This is the handler for wp_die() when processing APP requests.

Compatibility

WordPress
since 5.1.0
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

$messagestringoptional
Response to print. Default empty string.Default: ''
$titlestringoptional
Error title (unused). Default empty string.Default: ''
$argsstring|arrayoptional
Arguments to control behavior. Default empty array.Default: array()

Performance profile

How much work a call to _scalar_wp_die_handler() 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

Touches nothing outside its own arguments.

Scaling
Constant

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

Instructions
19–28

Executed per call on PHP 8.5, depending on the branch taken. The body compiles to 28.

Plugin surface
None

Nothing here hands control to plugin code.

Called by
0

Nothing in core calls this; the cost is only what you spend yourself.

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 _scalar_wp_die_handler() can have, taken from its control-flow graph on PHP 8.5.

WhenInstructionsCalls it makes
!$parsed_args19–20_wp_die_process_input()
$parsed_args && !is_scalar($message)23–24_wp_die_process_input(), exit()
$parsed_args && is_scalar($message)27–28_wp_die_process_input(), exit(), exit()

Across PHP versions

PHPCompiledExecutedBranchesNotes
8.6-dev2819–283
8.52819–283
8.42819–2833 more instructions than PHP 8.3
8.32519–203
8.22519–2031 fewer instruction than PHP 8.1
8.12620–2134 fewer instructions than PHP 7.4
7.43022–233

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 · 1

Source code

function _scalar_wp_die_handler( $message = '', $title = '', $args = array() ) {	list( $message, $title, $parsed_args ) = _wp_die_process_input( $message, $title, $args ); 	if ( $parsed_args['exit'] ) {		if ( is_scalar( $message ) ) {			die( (string) $message );		}		die();	} 	if ( is_scalar( $message ) ) {		echo (string) $message;	}}

Changelog

Introduced in 3.4.0. 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.

5.1.0
Added the $title and $args parameters.from the docblock
3.4.0
Introduced.from the docblock

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