render_block_core_comment_reply_link( array $attributes, string $content, WP_Block $block ): string
- Since
- 6.0.0
- Source
wp-includes/blocks/comment-reply-link.php:18
core/comment-reply-link block on the server.Compatibility
- WordPress
- since 6.0.0
- 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
$attributesarray- Block attributes.
$contentstring- Block default content.
$blockWP_Block- Block instance.
Return value
string- Return the post comment's reply link.
Performance profile
How much work a call to render_block_core_comment_reply_link() does, and what it touches: the algorithmic scaling, the Zend instruction count per call across PHP versions, the hooks it hands control to, and the core code that calls it. Measured from the compiled opcodes, not a stopwatch, so every number is identical on any machine running the same PHP version, and every function in core is ranked by cost.
- Cost class
- Heavy
- Scaling
- Scales with input
- Instructions
- 7–65
- Plugin surface
- None
- Called by
- 0
Reaches the database via get_post().
The body loops, so the work grows with what you pass in.
Executed per call on PHP 8.5, depending on the branch taken. The body compiles to 75.
Nothing here hands control to plugin code.
Nothing in core calls this; the cost is only what you spend yourself.
What it touches
- optionoption read or write
get_option()called directly - hookthird-party callbacks
apply_filters()one call below render_block_core_comment_reply_link() - cacheobject cache
wp_cache_get()one call below render_block_core_comment_reply_link() - serializeserialisation
maybe_unserialize()one call below render_block_core_comment_reply_link() - querycontent query
get_post()one call below render_block_core_comment_reply_link()
Further down the call graph this can also reach transient. That is the worst case, several calls deep and usually down an error path, not what a normal call pays.
What one call costs · 5 distinct outcomes
One number would be a lie: the work depends on which branch runs. These are every distinct cost render_block_core_comment_reply_link() can have, taken from its control-flow graph on PHP 8.5.
| When | Instructions | Calls it makes |
|---|---|---|
!isset($value) | 7 | none |
isset($value) | 12 | get_option() |
isset($value) && empty($comment) | 21 | get_option(), get_comment() |
isset($value) && !empty($comment) && empty($parent_id) && empty($comment_reply_link) | 39 | get_option(), get_comment(), get_option(), depth() |
isset($value) && !empty($comment) && empty($parent_id) && !empty($comment_reply_link) | 59–65 | get_option(), get_comment(), get_option(), depth(), class(), sprintf() |
Across PHP versions
| PHP | Compiled | Executed | Branches | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.6-dev | 75 | 7–65 | 7 | |
| 8.5 | 75 | 7–65 | 7 | |
| 8.4 | 75 | 7–65 | 7 | 3 fewer instructions than PHP 8.3 |
| 8.3 | 78 | 7–68 | 7 | |
| 8.2 | 78 | 7–68 | 7 | |
| 8.1 | 78 | 7–68 | 7 | |
| 7.4 | 78 | 7–68 | 7 |
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 · 4
- get_option()Retrieves an option value based on an option name.
- get_comment()Retrieves comment data given a comment ID or comment object.
- get_comment_reply_link()Retrieves HTML content for reply to comment link.
- get_block_wrapper_attributes()Generates a string of attributes by applying to the current block being rendered all of the features that the block supports.
Source code
function render_block_core_comment_reply_link( $attributes, $content, $block ) { if ( ! isset( $block->context['commentId'] ) ) { return ''; } $thread_comments = get_option( 'thread_comments' ); if ( ! $thread_comments ) { return ''; } $comment = get_comment( $block->context['commentId'] ); if ( empty( $comment ) ) { return ''; } $depth = 1; $max_depth = get_option( 'thread_comments_depth' ); $parent_id = $comment->comment_parent; // Compute comment's depth iterating over its ancestors. while ( ! empty( $parent_id ) ) { ++$depth; $parent_id = get_comment( $parent_id )->comment_parent; } $comment_reply_link = get_comment_reply_link( array( 'depth' => $depth, 'max_depth' => $max_depth, ), $comment ); // Render nothing if the generated reply link is empty. if ( empty( $comment_reply_link ) ) { return; } $classes = array(); if ( isset( $attributes['textAlign'] ) ) { $classes[] = 'has-text-align-' . $attributes['textAlign']; } if ( isset( $attributes['style']['elements']['link']['color']['text'] ) ) { $classes[] = 'has-link-color'; } $wrapper_attributes = get_block_wrapper_attributes( array( 'class' => implode( ' ', $classes ) ) ); return sprintf( '<div %1$s>%2$s</div>', $wrapper_attributes, $comment_reply_link );}Changelog
Introduced in 6.0.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
Signature, return type and hooks compared across 5 parsed releases.
About this page
- Parsed data
- Generated from the wordpress-develop 7.1.0 tag, from
src/wp-includes/blocks/comment-reply-link.php, and regenerated for each WordPress release so it tracks the code rather than a snapshot of it. - Corrections
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