wp_comment_reply( int $position = 1, bool $checkbox = false, string $mode = 'single', bool $table_row = true )
- Since
- 2.7.0
- Source
wp-admin/includes/template.php:415
Compatibility
- WordPress
- since 2.7.0
- 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
$positionintoptional- The value of the 'position' input field. Default 1.Default:
1 $checkboxbooloptional- The value of the 'checkbox' input field. Default false.Default:
false $modestringoptional- If set to 'single', will use WP_Post_Comments_List_Table, otherwise WP_Comments_List_Table. Default 'single'.Default:
'single' $table_rowbooloptional- Whether to use a table instead of a div element. Default true.Default:
true
Performance profile
How much work a call to wp_comment_reply() does, and what it touches: the algorithmic scaling, the Zend instruction count per call across PHP versions, the hooks it hands control to, and the core code that calls it. Measured from the compiled opcodes, not a stopwatch, so every number is identical on any machine running the same PHP version, and every function in core is ranked by cost.
- Cost class
- Trivial
- Scaling
- Constant
- Instructions
- 18–120
- Plugin surface
- 1 hook
- Called by
- 1
Touches nothing outside its own arguments.
No loop in the body: the same number of instructions runs whatever you pass in.
Executed per call on PHP 8.5, depending on the branch taken. The body compiles to 129.
Third-party callbacks on 'wp_comment_reply' run inside this call, and their cost is not bounded by anything here.
1 place in core call this, so the cost is paid more often than your own code shows.
What it touches
- hookthird-party callbacks
apply_filters()called directly
Further down the call graph this can also reach option, cache, serialize, query and transient. Those are the worst case, several calls deep and usually down an error path, not what a normal call pays.
What one call costs · 9 distinct outcomes
One number would be a lie: the work depends on which branch runs. These are every distinct cost wp_comment_reply() can have, taken from its control-flow graph on PHP 8.5.
| When | Instructions | Calls it makes |
|---|---|---|
!empty($content) | 18 | position() |
empty($content) && !current_user_can() | 101–103 | position(), _e(), _e(), _e(), _e(), wp_editor(), _e(), _e(), _e(), _e(), _e(), _e(), _e(), wp_admin_notice(), esc_attr(), wp_nonce_field(), current_user_can() |
empty($content) && current_user_can() | 106–108 | position(), _e(), _e(), _e(), _e(), wp_editor(), _e(), _e(), _e(), _e(), _e(), _e(), _e(), wp_admin_notice(), esc_attr(), wp_nonce_field(), current_user_can(), wp_nonce_field() |
empty($content) && !current_user_can() | 106–108 | position(), ->get_column_count(), _e(), _e(), _e(), _e(), wp_editor(), _e(), _e(), _e(), _e(), _e(), _e(), _e(), wp_admin_notice(), esc_attr(), wp_nonce_field(), current_user_can() |
empty($content) && !current_user_can() | 107–110 | position(), _get_list_table(), _e(), _e(), _e(), _e(), wp_editor(), _e(), _e(), _e(), _e(), _e(), _e(), _e(), wp_admin_notice(), esc_attr(), wp_nonce_field(), current_user_can() |
empty($content) && current_user_can() | 111–113 | position(), ->get_column_count(), _e(), _e(), _e(), _e(), wp_editor(), _e(), _e(), _e(), _e(), _e(), _e(), _e(), wp_admin_notice(), esc_attr(), wp_nonce_field(), current_user_can(), wp_nonce_field() |
empty($content) && current_user_can() | 112–115 | position(), _get_list_table(), _e(), _e(), _e(), _e(), wp_editor(), _e(), _e(), _e(), _e(), _e(), _e(), _e(), wp_admin_notice(), esc_attr(), wp_nonce_field(), current_user_can(), wp_nonce_field() |
empty($content) && !current_user_can() | 112–115 | position(), _get_list_table(), ->get_column_count(), _e(), _e(), _e(), _e(), wp_editor(), _e(), _e(), _e(), _e(), _e(), _e(), _e(), wp_admin_notice(), esc_attr(), wp_nonce_field(), current_user_can() |
empty($content) && current_user_can() | 117–120 | position(), _get_list_table(), ->get_column_count(), _e(), _e(), _e(), _e(), wp_editor(), _e(), _e(), _e(), _e(), _e(), _e(), _e(), wp_admin_notice(), esc_attr(), wp_nonce_field(), current_user_can(), wp_nonce_field() |
Across PHP versions
Compiles the same on PHP 7.4, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5 and 8.6-dev: 129 instructions, 18–120 executed per call, 7 branches. 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.
Hooks and filters fired · 1
One hook fires while wp_comment_reply() runs, in this order:
- apply_filters( wp_comment_reply )filterline 432 (+17 into the body)
Filters the in-line comment reply-to form output in the Comments list table.
Uses · 8
- apply_filters()Calls the callback functions that have been added to a filter hook.
- _get_list_table()Fetches an instance of a WP_List_Table class.
- _e()Displays translated text.
- wp_editor()Renders an editor.
- wp_admin_notice()Outputs an admin notice.
- esc_attr()Escaping for HTML attributes.
- wp_nonce_field()Retrieves or display nonce hidden field for forms.
- current_user_can()Returns whether the current user has the specified capability.
Used by · 1
- wp_dashboard_recent_comments()Show Comments section.
Source code
function wp_comment_reply( $position = 1, $checkbox = false, $mode = 'single', $table_row = true ) { global $wp_list_table; /** * Filters the in-line comment reply-to form output in the Comments * list table. * * Returning a non-empty value here will short-circuit display * of the in-line comment-reply form in the Comments list table, * echoing the returned value instead. * * @since 2.7.0 * * @see wp_comment_reply() * * @param string $content The reply-to form content. * @param array $args An array of default args. */ $content = apply_filters( 'wp_comment_reply', '', array( 'position' => $position, 'checkbox' => $checkbox, 'mode' => $mode, ) ); if ( ! empty( $content ) ) { echo $content; return; } if ( ! $wp_list_table ) { if ( 'single' === $mode ) { $wp_list_table = _get_list_table( 'WP_Post_Comments_List_Table' ); } else { $wp_list_table = _get_list_table( 'WP_Comments_List_Table' ); } } ?><form method="get"> <?php if ( $table_row ) : ?><table style="display:none;"><tbody id="com-reply"><tr id="replyrow" class="inline-edit-row" style="display:none;"><td colspan="<?php echo $wp_list_table->get_column_count(); ?>" class="colspanchange"><?php else : ?><div id="com-reply" style="display:none;"><div id="replyrow" style="display:none;"><?php endif; ?> <fieldset class="comment-reply"> <legend> <span class="hidden" id="editlegend"><?php _e( 'Edit Comment' ); ?></span> <span class="hidden" id="replyhead"><?php _e( 'Reply to Comment' ); ?></span> <span class="hidden" id="addhead"><?php _e( 'Add Comment' ); ?></span> </legend> <div id="replycontainer"> <label for="replycontent" class="screen-reader-text"> <?php /* translators: Hidden accessibility text. */ _e( 'Comment' ); ?> </label> <?php $quicktags_settings = array( 'buttons' => 'strong,em,link,block,del,ins,img,ul,ol,li,code,close' ); wp_editor( '', 'replycontent', array( 'media_buttons' => false, 'tinymce' => false, 'quicktags' => $quicktags_settings, ) ); ?> </div> <div id="edithead" style="display:none;"> <div class="inside"> <label for="author-name"><?php _e( 'Name' ); ?></label> <input type="text" name="newcomment_author" size="50" value="" id="author-name" /> </div>Changelog
Introduced in 2.7.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
Signature, return type and hooks compared across 5 parsed releases.
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