get_edit_user_link( int $user_id = null ): string
- Since
- 3.5.0
- Source
wp-includes/link-template.php:1740
Compatibility
- WordPress
- since 3.5.0
- 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
$user_idintoptional- User ID. Defaults to the current user.Default:
null
Return value
string- URL to edit user page or empty string.
Performance profile
How much work a call to get_edit_user_link() does, and what it touches: the algorithmic scaling, the Zend instruction count per call across PHP versions, the hooks it hands control to, and the core code that calls it. Measured from the compiled opcodes, not a stopwatch, so every number is identical on any machine running the same PHP version, and every function in core is ranked by cost.
- Cost class
- Heavy
- Scaling
- Constant
- Instructions
- 5–41
- Plugin surface
- 1 hook
- Called by
- 7
Reaches the database via get_user_by().
No loop in the body: the same number of instructions runs whatever you pass in.
Executed per call on PHP 8.5, depending on the branch taken. The body compiles to 50.
Third-party callbacks on 'get_edit_user_link' run inside this call, and their cost is not bounded by anything here.
7 places in core call this, so the cost is paid more often than your own code shows.
What it touches
- hookthird-party callbacks
apply_filters()called directly - querycontent query
get_user_by()one call below get_edit_user_link()
Further down the call graph this can also reach option, cache, serialize and transient. Those are the worst case, several calls deep and usually down an error path, not what a normal call pays.
What one call costs · 10 distinct outcomes
One number would be a lie: the work depends on which branch runs. These are every distinct cost get_edit_user_link() can have, taken from its control-flow graph on PHP 8.5.
| When | Instructions | Calls it makes |
|---|---|---|
empty($user_id) | 5 | none |
empty($user_id) | 8 | get_current_user_id() |
!empty($user_id) && !current_user_can() | 10 | current_user_can() |
!empty($user_id) && !current_user_can() | 13 | get_current_user_id(), current_user_can() |
!empty($user_id) && current_user_can() | 15 | current_user_can(), get_userdata() |
!empty($user_id) && current_user_can() | 18 | get_current_user_id(), current_user_can(), get_userdata() |
!empty($user_id) && current_user_can() | 34 | current_user_can(), get_userdata(), get_current_user_id(), get_edit_profile_url(), apply_filters() |
!empty($user_id) && current_user_can() | 37 | get_current_user_id(), current_user_can(), get_userdata(), get_current_user_id(), get_edit_profile_url(), apply_filters() |
!empty($user_id) && current_user_can() | 38 | current_user_can(), get_userdata(), get_current_user_id(), self_admin_url(), add_query_arg(), apply_filters() |
!empty($user_id) && current_user_can() | 41 | get_current_user_id(), current_user_can(), get_userdata(), get_current_user_id(), self_admin_url(), add_query_arg(), apply_filters() |
Across PHP versions
Compiles the same on PHP 7.4, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5 and 8.6-dev: 50 instructions, 5–41 executed per call, 5 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.
Hooks and filters fired · 1
One hook fires while get_edit_user_link() runs, in this order:
Uses · 7
- get_current_user_id()Gets the current user's ID.
- current_user_can()Returns whether the current user has the specified capability.
- get_userdata()Retrieves user info by user ID.
- get_edit_profile_url()Retrieves the URL to the user's profile editor.
- add_query_arg()Retrieves a modified URL query string.
- self_admin_url()Retrieves the URL to the admin area for either the current site or the network depending on context.
- apply_filters()Calls the callback functions that have been added to a filter hook.
Used by · 7
- WP_MS_Users_List_Table::column_username()Handles the username column output.
- WP_MS_Users_List_Table::handle_row_actions()Generates and displays row action links.
- WP_Users_List_Table::single_row()Generates HTML for a single row on the users.php admin panel.
- attachment_submitbox_metadata()Displays non-editable attachment metadata in the publish meta box.
- comment_form()Outputs a complete commenting form for use within a template.
- wp_admin_bar_edit_menu()Provides an edit link for posts and terms.
- wp_prepare_attachment_for_js()Prepares an attachment post object for JS, where it is expected to be JSON-encoded and fit into an Attachment model.
Source code
function get_edit_user_link( $user_id = null ) { if ( ! $user_id ) { $user_id = get_current_user_id(); } if ( empty( $user_id ) || ! current_user_can( 'edit_user', $user_id ) ) { return ''; } $user = get_userdata( $user_id ); if ( ! $user ) { return ''; } if ( get_current_user_id() === $user->ID ) { $link = get_edit_profile_url( $user->ID ); } else { $link = add_query_arg( 'user_id', $user->ID, self_admin_url( 'user-edit.php' ) ); } /** * Filters the user edit link. * * @since 3.5.0 * * @param string $link The edit link. * @param int $user_id User ID. */ return apply_filters( 'get_edit_user_link', $link, $user->ID );}Changelog
Introduced in 3.5.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
Signature, return type and hooks compared across 5 parsed releases.
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