block_core_navigation_parse_blocks_from_menu_items( array $menu_items, array $menu_items_by_parent_id ): array
- Since
- 5.9.0
- Source
wp-includes/blocks/navigation.php:1779
Compatibility
Deprecated in WordPress 6.3.0. Use WP_Navigation_Fallback::parse_blocks_from_menu_items() instead.
- WordPress
- since 5.9.0
- 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
Return value
array- An array of parsed block data.
Performance profile
How much work a call to block_core_navigation_parse_blocks_from_menu_items() 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
- Light
- Scaling
- Scales with input
- Instructions
- 10–14
- Plugin surface
- None
- Called by
- 3
Touches nothing outside its own arguments.
The body loops, so the work grows with what you pass in.
Executed per call on PHP 8.5, depending on the branch taken. The body compiles to 107.
Nothing here hands control to plugin code.
3 places in core call this, so the cost is paid more often than your own code shows.
What it touches
- hookthird-party callbacks
do_action()one call below block_core_navigation_parse_blocks_from_menu_items()
Further down the call graph this can also reach query, 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 · 1 distinct outcome
One number would be a lie: the work depends on which branch runs. These are every distinct cost block_core_navigation_parse_blocks_from_menu_items() can have, taken from its control-flow graph on PHP 8.5.
| When | Instructions | Calls it makes |
|---|---|---|
| always | 10–14 | _deprecated_function() |
Across PHP versions
| PHP | Compiled | Executed | Branches | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.6-dev | 106 | 10–14 | 12 | 1 fewer instruction than PHP 8.5 |
| 8.5 | 107 | 10–14 | 12 | |
| 8.4 | 107 | 10–14 | 12 | 8 fewer instructions than PHP 8.3 |
| 8.3 | 115 | 10–14 | 12 | |
| 8.2 | 115 | 10–14 | 12 | |
| 8.1 | 115 | 10–14 | 12 | 2 fewer instructions than PHP 7.4 |
| 7.4 | 117 | 10–14 | 12 |
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 · 2
- _deprecated_function()Marks a function as deprecated and inform when it has been used.
- block_core_navigation_parse_blocks_from_menu_items()Turns menu item data into a nested array of parsed blocks
Used by · 3
- block_core_navigation_get_classic_menu_fallback_blocks()Converts a classic navigation to blocks.
- block_core_navigation_get_inner_blocks_from_unstable_location()Gets the inner blocks for the navigation block from the unstable location attribute.
- block_core_navigation_parse_blocks_from_menu_items()Turns menu item data into a nested array of parsed blocks
Source code
function block_core_navigation_parse_blocks_from_menu_items( $menu_items, $menu_items_by_parent_id ) { _deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '6.3.0', 'WP_Navigation_Fallback::parse_blocks_from_menu_items' ); if ( empty( $menu_items ) ) { return array(); } $blocks = array(); foreach ( $menu_items as $menu_item ) { $class_name = ! empty( $menu_item->classes ) ? implode( ' ', (array) $menu_item->classes ) : null; $id = ( null !== $menu_item->object_id && 'custom' !== $menu_item->object ) ? $menu_item->object_id : null; $opens_in_new_tab = null !== $menu_item->target && '_blank' === $menu_item->target; $rel = ( null !== $menu_item->xfn && '' !== $menu_item->xfn ) ? $menu_item->xfn : null; $kind = null !== $menu_item->type ? str_replace( '_', '-', $menu_item->type ) : 'custom'; $block = array( 'blockName' => isset( $menu_items_by_parent_id[ $menu_item->ID ] ) ? 'core/navigation-submenu' : 'core/navigation-link', 'attrs' => array( 'className' => $class_name, 'description' => $menu_item->description, 'id' => $id, 'kind' => $kind, 'label' => $menu_item->title, 'opensInNewTab' => $opens_in_new_tab, 'rel' => $rel, 'title' => $menu_item->attr_title, 'type' => $menu_item->object, 'url' => $menu_item->url, ), ); $block['innerBlocks'] = isset( $menu_items_by_parent_id[ $menu_item->ID ] ) ? block_core_navigation_parse_blocks_from_menu_items( $menu_items_by_parent_id[ $menu_item->ID ], $menu_items_by_parent_id ) : array(); $block['innerContent'] = array_map( 'serialize_block', $block['innerBlocks'] ); $blocks[] = $block; } return $blocks;}Changelog
Introduced in 5.9.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
Signature, return type and hooks compared across 5 parsed releases.
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