is_php_version_compatible( string $required ): bool
- Since
- 5.2.0
- Source
wp-includes/functions.php:8986
Compatibility
- WordPress
- since 5.2.0
- 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
$requiredstring- Minimum required PHP version.
Return value
bool- True if required version is compatible or empty, false if not.
Performance profile
How much work a call to is_php_version_compatible() does, and what it touches: the algorithmic scaling, the Zend instruction count per call across PHP versions, the hooks it hands control to, and the core code that calls it. Measured from the compiled opcodes, not a stopwatch, so every number is identical on any machine running the same PHP version, and every function in core is ranked by cost.
- Cost class
- Trivial
- Scaling
- Constant
- Instructions
- 4–10
- Plugin surface
- None
- Called by
- 18
Touches nothing outside its own arguments.
No loop in the body: the same number of instructions runs whatever you pass in.
Executed per call on PHP 8.5, depending on the branch taken. The body compiles to 10.
Nothing here hands control to plugin code.
18 places in core call this, so the cost is paid more often than your own code shows.
What one call costs · 2 distinct outcomes
One number would be a lie: the work depends on which branch runs. These are every distinct cost is_php_version_compatible() can have, taken from its control-flow graph on PHP 8.5.
| When | Instructions | Calls it makes |
|---|---|---|
empty($required) | 4 | none |
!empty($required) | 10 | version_compare() |
Across PHP versions
Compiles the same on PHP 7.4, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5 and 8.6-dev: 10 instructions, 4–10 executed per call, 1 branch. 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.
Used by · 18
- Plugin_Installer_Skin::do_overwrite()Checks if the plugin can be overwritten and outputs the HTML for overwriting a plugin on upload.
- Plugin_Upgrader::bulk_upgrade()Upgrades several plugins at once.
- Plugin_Upgrader::check_package()Checks that the source package contains a valid plugin.
- Theme_Installer_Skin::do_overwrite()Checks if the theme can be overwritten and outputs the HTML for overwriting a theme on upload.
- Theme_Upgrader::bulk_upgrade()Upgrades several themes at once.
- Theme_Upgrader::check_package()Checks that the package source contains a valid theme.
- WP_Customize_Manager::handle_load_themes_request()Loads themes into the theme browsing/installation UI.
- WP_Plugin_Install_List_Table::display_rows()Generates the list table rows.
- WP_Plugins_List_Table::single_row()
- install_plugin_information()Displays plugin information in dialog box form.
- list_plugin_updates()Display the upgrade plugins form.
- list_theme_updates()Display the upgrade themes form.
Show all 18
- validate_plugin_requirements()Validates the plugin requirements for WordPress version and PHP version.
- validate_theme_requirements()Validates the theme requirements for WordPress version and PHP version.
- wp_ajax_query_themes()Handles getting themes from themes_api() via AJAX.
- wp_plugin_update_row()Displays update information for a plugin.
- wp_prepare_themes_for_js()Prepares themes for JavaScript.
- wp_theme_update_row()Displays update information for a theme.
Source code
function is_php_version_compatible( $required ) { return empty( $required ) || version_compare( PHP_VERSION, $required, '>=' );}Changelog
Introduced in 5.2.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
Signature, return type and hooks compared across 5 parsed releases.
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