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wp_get_block_state_element_selectors( string $root_selector ): string[]

Since
7.1.0
Source
wp-includes/block-supports/states.php:307
Generates all element selectors for a block root selector.

Compatibility

WordPress
since 7.1.0
PHP
7.4–8.6-dev
  • 6.7.7
  • 6.8.8
  • 6.9.7
  • 7.0.4
  • 7.1.0

Present in 1 of the 5 tracked releases, added in 7.1.0, and compiles on PHP 7.4 through 8.6-dev.

Parameters

$root_selectorstring
The block root CSS selector.

Return value

string[]
Element selectors keyed by element name.

Performance profile

How much work a call to wp_get_block_state_element_selectors() 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
Light

Touches nothing outside its own arguments.

Scaling
Scales with input

The body loops, so the work grows with what you pass in.

Instructions
4–16

Executed per call on PHP 8.5, depending on the branch taken. The body compiles to 60.

Plugin surface
None

Nothing here hands control to plugin code.

Called by
1

1 place 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 wp_get_block_state_element_selectors() can have, taken from its control-flow graph on PHP 8.5.

WhenInstructionsCalls it makes
always4–7none
is_string($root_selector)15–16wp_split_selector_list()

Across PHP versions

PHPCompiledExecutedBranchesNotes
8.6-dev604–1612
8.5604–1612
8.4604–161213 fewer instructions than PHP 8.3
8.3734–1812
8.2734–1812
8.1734–1812
7.4734–1812

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 · 2

Used by · 1

Source code

function wp_get_block_state_element_selectors( $root_selector ) {	if ( ! is_string( $root_selector ) || '' === trim( $root_selector ) ) {		return array();	} 	$block_selectors   = wp_split_selector_list( $root_selector );	$element_selectors = array(); 	foreach ( WP_Theme_JSON::ELEMENTS as $element_name => $element_selector ) {		$selectors = array(); 		foreach ( $block_selectors as $block_selector ) {			$block_selector = trim( $block_selector );			if ( '' === $block_selector ) {				continue;			} 			if ( $block_selector === $element_selector ) {				$selectors = array( $element_selector );				break;			} 			$selector_prefix = "$block_selector ";			if ( ! str_contains( $element_selector, ',' ) ) {				$selectors[] = $selector_prefix . $element_selector;				continue;			} 			$prepended_selectors = array();			foreach ( wp_split_selector_list( $element_selector ) as $selector ) {				$prepended_selectors[] = $selector_prefix . $selector;			}			$selectors[] = implode( ',', $prepended_selectors );		} 		if ( ! empty( $selectors ) ) {			$element_selectors[ $element_name ] = implode( ',', $selectors );		}	} 	return $element_selectors;}

Changelog

Introduced in 7.1.0.

Signature, return type and hooks compared across 1 parsed release.

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