get_post() WordPress Function

function get_post( $post = null, $output = OBJECT, $filter = 'raw' ) {
	if ( empty( $post ) && isset( $GLOBALS['post'] ) ) {
		$post = $GLOBALS['post'];
	}

	if ( $post instanceof WP_Post ) {
		$_post = $post;
	} elseif ( is_object( $post ) ) {
		if ( empty( $post->filter ) ) {
			$_post = sanitize_post( $post, 'raw' );
			$_post = new WP_Post( $_post );
		} elseif ( 'raw' === $post->filter ) {
			$_post = new WP_Post( $post );
		} else {
			$_post = WP_Post::get_instance( $post->ID );
		}
	} else {
		$_post = WP_Post::get_instance( $post );
	}

	if ( ! $_post ) {
		return null;
	}

	$_post = $_post->filter( $filter );

	if ( ARRAY_A === $output ) {
		return $_post->to_array();
	} elseif ( ARRAY_N === $output ) {
		return array_values( $_post->to_array() );
	}

	return $_post;
}
Uses	Description
wp-includes/class-wp-post.php:WP_Post::__construct()	Constructor.
wp-includes/class-wp-post.php:WP_Post::get_instance()	Retrieve WP_Post instance.
wp-includes/post.php:sanitize_post()	Sanitizes every post field.