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is_object_in_taxonomy( string $object_type, string $taxonomy ): bool

Since
3.0.0
Source
wp-includes/taxonomy.php:4945
Determines if the given object type is associated with the given taxonomy.

Compatibility

WordPress
since 3.0.0
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

$object_typestring
Object type string.
$taxonomystring
Single taxonomy name.

Return value

bool
True if object is associated with the taxonomy, otherwise false.

Performance profile

How much work a call to is_object_in_taxonomy() 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
9–11

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
13

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

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 is_object_in_taxonomy() can have, taken from its control-flow graph on PHP 8.5.

WhenInstructionsCalls it makes
always9–11get_object_taxonomies()

Across PHP versions

PHPCompiledExecutedBranchesNotes
8.6-dev129–111
8.5129–111
8.4129–1113 fewer instructions than PHP 8.3
8.3159–141
8.2159–141
8.1159–141
7.4159–141

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

  • get_object_taxonomies()Returns the names or objects of the taxonomies which are registered for the requested object or object type, such as a post object or post type name.

Used by · 13

Show all 13

Source code

function is_object_in_taxonomy( $object_type, $taxonomy ) {	$taxonomies = get_object_taxonomies( $object_type );	if ( empty( $taxonomies ) ) {		return false;	}	return in_array( $taxonomy, $taxonomies, true );}

Changelog

Introduced in 3.0.0. 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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