media_send_to_editor( string $html ): never
- Since
- 2.5.0
- Source
wp-admin/includes/media.php:274
Compatibility
- WordPress
- since 2.5.0
- 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
$htmlstring
Return value
never
Performance profile
How much work a call to media_send_to_editor() 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
- 11
- Plugin surface
- None
- Called by
- 2
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. The body compiles to 11.
Nothing here hands control to plugin code.
2 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 media_send_to_editor() can have, taken from its control-flow graph on PHP 8.5.
| When | Instructions | Calls it makes |
|---|---|---|
| always | 11 | wp_json_encode(), exit() |
Across PHP versions
| PHP | Compiled | Executed | Branches | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.6-dev | 11 | 11 | 0 | |
| 8.5 | 11 | 11 | 0 | |
| 8.4 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2 more instructions than PHP 8.3 |
| 8.3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | |
| 8.2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | |
| 8.1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | |
| 7.4 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
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
- wp_json_encode()Encodes a variable into JSON, with some confidence checks.
Used by · 2
- media_upload_form_handler()Handles form submissions for the legacy media uploader.
- wp_media_upload_handler()Handles the process of uploading media.
Source code
function media_send_to_editor( $html ) { ?> <script> var win = window.dialogArguments || opener || parent || top; win.send_to_editor( <?php echo wp_json_encode( $html, JSON_HEX_TAG | JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES ); ?> ); </script> <?php exit;}Changelog
Introduced in 2.5.0. One change between 6.7.7 and 7.1.0.
Signature, return type and hooks compared across 5 parsed releases.
none to never.verified against sourceAbout this page
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