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build_comment_query_vars_from_block( WP_Block $block ): array

Since
6.0.0
Source
wp-includes/blocks.php:2859
Helper function that constructs a comment query vars array from the passed block properties.

Description

It's used with the Comment Query Loop inner blocks.

Compatibility

WordPress
since 6.0.0
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

$blockWP_Block
Block instance.

Return value

array
Returns the comment query parameters to use with the WP_Comment_Query constructor.

Performance profile

How much work a call to build_comment_query_vars_from_block() 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
Moderate

Reads stored settings via get_option(), cached per request but not free on a cold cache.

Scaling
Constant

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

Instructions
29–68

Executed per call on PHP 8.5, depending on the branch taken. The body compiles to 82.

Plugin surface
None

Nothing here hands control to plugin code.

Called by
4

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

What it touches

  • optionoption read or writeget_option()called directly
  • hookthird-party callbacksapply_filters()one call below build_comment_query_vars_from_block()
  • cacheobject cachewp_cache_get()one call below build_comment_query_vars_from_block()
  • serializeserialisationmaybe_unserialize()one call below build_comment_query_vars_from_block()

Further down the call graph this can also reach transient and query. Those are the worst case, several calls deep and usually down an error path, not what a normal call pays.

What one call costs · 10 distinct outcomes

One number would be a lie: the work depends on which branch runs. These are every distinct cost build_comment_query_vars_from_block() can have, taken from its control-flow graph on PHP 8.5.

WhenInstructionsCalls it makes
!is_user_logged_in()29–38is_user_logged_in(), wp_get_unapproved_comment_author_email(), get_option(), get_option(), get_option()
is_user_logged_in()31–37is_user_logged_in(), get_current_user_id(), get_option(), get_option(), get_option()
!is_user_logged_in() && !$per_page34–43is_user_logged_in(), wp_get_unapproved_comment_author_email(), get_option(), get_option(), get_option(), get_option()
is_user_logged_in() && !$per_page36–42is_user_logged_in(), get_current_user_id(), get_option(), get_option(), get_option(), get_option()
!is_user_logged_in() && !$per_page39–48is_user_logged_in(), wp_get_unapproved_comment_author_email(), get_option(), get_option(), get_option(), get_option(), get_option()
is_user_logged_in() && !$per_page41–47is_user_logged_in(), get_current_user_id(), get_option(), get_option(), get_option(), get_option(), get_option()
!is_user_logged_in() && $per_page43–63is_user_logged_in(), wp_get_unapproved_comment_author_email(), get_option(), get_option(), get_option(), get_option(), get_query_var()
is_user_logged_in() && $per_page45–62is_user_logged_in(), get_current_user_id(), get_option(), get_option(), get_option(), get_option(), get_query_var()
!is_user_logged_in() && $per_page48–68is_user_logged_in(), wp_get_unapproved_comment_author_email(), get_option(), get_option(), get_option(), get_option(), get_option(), get_query_var()
is_user_logged_in() && $per_page50–67is_user_logged_in(), get_current_user_id(), get_option(), get_option(), get_option(), get_option(), get_option(), get_query_var()

Across PHP versions

Compiles the same on PHP 7.4, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5 and 8.6-dev: 82 instructions, 29–68 executed per call, 11 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 · 6

Used by · 4

Source code

function build_comment_query_vars_from_block( $block ) { 	$comment_args = array(		'orderby'       => 'comment_date_gmt',		'order'         => 'ASC',		'status'        => 'approve',		'no_found_rows' => false,	); 	if ( is_user_logged_in() ) {		$comment_args['include_unapproved'] = array( get_current_user_id() );	} else {		$unapproved_email = wp_get_unapproved_comment_author_email(); 		if ( $unapproved_email ) {			$comment_args['include_unapproved'] = array( $unapproved_email );		}	} 	if ( ! empty( $block->context['postId'] ) ) {		$comment_args['post_id'] = (int) $block->context['postId'];	} 	if ( get_option( 'thread_comments' ) ) {		$comment_args['hierarchical'] = 'threaded';	} else {		$comment_args['hierarchical'] = false;	} 	if ( get_option( 'page_comments' ) === '1' || get_option( 'page_comments' ) === true ) {		$per_page     = get_option( 'comments_per_page' );		$default_page = get_option( 'default_comments_page' );		if ( $per_page > 0 ) {			$comment_args['number'] = $per_page; 			$page = (int) get_query_var( 'cpage' );			if ( $page ) {				$comment_args['paged'] = $page;			} elseif ( 'oldest' === $default_page ) {				$comment_args['paged'] = 1;			} elseif ( 'newest' === $default_page ) {				$max_num_pages = (int) ( new WP_Comment_Query( $comment_args ) )->max_num_pages;				if ( 0 !== $max_num_pages ) {					$comment_args['paged'] = $max_num_pages;				}			}		}	} 	return $comment_args;}

Changelog

Introduced in 6.0.0. 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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