media_upload_form_handler(): null|array|void

Compatibility

Present in every tracked release (6.7.7 to 7.1.0), and compiles on PHP 7.4 through 8.6-dev.

Return value

null|array|void

Array of error messages keyed by attachment ID, null or void on success.

Performance profile

How much work a call to media_upload_form_handler() 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

Heavy

Reaches the database via get_post().

Scaling

Scales with input

The body loops, so the work grows with how much data it finds.

Instructions

19–86

Executed per call on PHP 8.5, depending on the branch taken. The body compiles to 199.

Plugin surface

2 hooks

Third-party callbacks on 'attachment_fields_to_save', 'media_send_to_editor' run inside this call, and their cost is not bounded by anything here.

Called by

3

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

What it touches

• querycontent queryget_post()called directly
• hookthird-party callbacksapply_filters()called directly
• cacheobject cachewp_cache_delete()one call below media_upload_form_handler()
• optionoption read or writeget_option()one call below media_upload_form_handler()

Further down the call graph this can also reach serialize and transient. Those are the worst case, several calls deep and usually down an error path, not what a normal call pays.

What one call costs · 20 distinct outcomes

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

Hooks and filters fired · 2

2 hooks fire while media_upload_form_handler() runs, in this order:

1. 1
   apply_filters( attachment_fields_to_save )filterline 809 (+51 into the body)

   Filters the attachment fields to be saved.

2. 2
   apply_filters( media_send_to_editor )filterline 875 (+117 into the body)

   Filters the HTML markup for a media item sent to the editor.

Uses · 16

• check_admin_referer()Ensures intent by verifying that a user was referred from another admin page with the correct security nonce.
• get_post()Retrieves post data given a post ID or post object.
• current_user_can()Returns whether the current user has the specified capability.
• apply_filters()Calls the callback functions that have been added to a filter hook.
• wp_unslash()Removes slashes from a string or recursively removes slashes from strings within an array.
• get_post_meta()Retrieves a post meta field for the given post ID.
• wp_strip_all_tags()Properly strips all HTML tags including 'script' and 'style'.
• update_post_meta()Updates a post meta field based on the given post ID.
• wp_slash()Adds slashes to a string or recursively adds slashes to strings within an array.
• wp_update_post()Updates a post with new post data.
• get_attachment_taxonomies()Retrieves taxonomies attached to given the attachment.
• wp_set_object_terms()Creates term and taxonomy relationships.

Used by · 3

• media_upload_gallery()Retrieves the legacy media uploader form in an iframe.
• media_upload_library()Retrieves the legacy media library form in an iframe.
• wp_media_upload_handler()Handles the process of uploading media.

Source code

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758function media_upload_form_handler() {759	check_admin_referer( 'media-form' );760 761	$errors = null;762 763	if ( isset( $_POST['send'] ) ) {764		$keys    = array_keys( $_POST['send'] );765		$send_id = (int) reset( $keys );766	}767 768	if ( ! empty( $_POST['attachments'] ) ) {769		foreach ( $_POST['attachments'] as $attachment_id => $attachment ) {770			$post  = get_post( $attachment_id, ARRAY_A );771			$_post = $post;772 773			if ( ! current_user_can( 'edit_post', $attachment_id ) ) {774				continue;775			}776 777			if ( isset( $attachment['post_content'] ) ) {778				$post['post_content'] = $attachment['post_content'];779			}780 781			if ( isset( $attachment['post_title'] ) ) {782				$post['post_title'] = $attachment['post_title'];783			}784 785			if ( isset( $attachment['post_excerpt'] ) ) {786				$post['post_excerpt'] = $attachment['post_excerpt'];787			}788 789			if ( isset( $attachment['menu_order'] ) ) {790				$post['menu_order'] = $attachment['menu_order'];791			}792 793			if ( isset( $send_id ) && $attachment_id === $send_id ) {794				if ( isset( $attachment['post_parent'] ) ) {795					$post['post_parent'] = $attachment['post_parent'];796				}797			}798 799			/**800			 * Filters the attachment fields to be saved.801			 *802			 * @since 2.5.0803			 *804			 * @see wp_get_attachment_metadata()805			 *806			 * @param array $post       An array of post data.807			 * @param array $attachment An array of attachment metadata.808			 */809			$post = apply_filters( 'attachment_fields_to_save', $post, $attachment );810 811			if ( isset( $attachment['image_alt'] ) ) {812				$image_alt = wp_unslash( $attachment['image_alt'] );813 814				if ( get_post_meta( $attachment_id, '_wp_attachment_image_alt', true ) !== $image_alt ) {815					$image_alt = wp_strip_all_tags( $image_alt, true );816 817					// update_post_meta() expects slashed.818					update_post_meta( $attachment_id, '_wp_attachment_image_alt', wp_slash( $image_alt ) );819				}820			}821 822			if ( isset( $post['errors'] ) ) {823				$errors[ $attachment_id ] = $post['errors'];824				unset( $post['errors'] );825			}826 827			if ( $post != $_post ) {828				wp_update_post( $post );829			}830 831			foreach ( get_attachment_taxonomies( $post ) as $t ) {832				if ( isset( $attachment[ $t ] ) ) {833					wp_set_object_terms( $attachment_id, array_map( 'trim', preg_split( '/,+/', $attachment[ $t ] ) ), $t, false );834				}835			}836		}837	}

Changelog

Introduced in 2.5.0. One change between 6.7.7 and 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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