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get_post_custom_values( string $key = '', int $post_id = 0 ): array|null

Since
1.2.0
Source
wp-includes/post.php:2894
Retrieves values for a custom post field.

Description

The parameters must not be considered optional. All of the post meta fields will be retrieved and only the meta field key values returned.

Compatibility

WordPress
since 1.2.0
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

$keystringoptional
Meta field key. Default empty.Default: ''
$post_idintoptional
Post ID. Default is the ID of the global $post.Default: 0

Return value

array|null
Meta field values.

Performance profile

How much work a call to get_post_custom_values() 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
4–11

Executed per call on PHP 8.5, depending on the branch taken. The body compiles to 12.

Plugin surface
None

Nothing here hands control to plugin code.

Called by
1

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

What one call costs · 2 distinct outcomes

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

WhenInstructionsCalls it makes
always4none
always10–11get_post_custom()

Across PHP versions

Compiles the same on PHP 7.4, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5 and 8.6-dev: 12 instructions, 4–11 executed per call, 2 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 · 1

Used by · 1

Source code

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function get_post_custom_values( $key = '', $post_id = 0 ) {	if ( ! $key ) {		return null;	} 	$custom = get_post_custom( $post_id ); 	return $custom[ $key ] ?? null;}

Changelog

Introduced in 1.2.0. 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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