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wp_render_elements_class_name( string $block_content, array $block ): string

Since
6.6.0
Source
wp-includes/block-supports/elements.php:277
Ensure the elements block support class name generated, and added to block attributes, in the render_block_data filter gets applied to the block's markup.

Compatibility

WordPress
since 6.6.0
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

$block_contentstring
Rendered block content.
$blockarray
Block object.

Return value

string
Filtered block content.

Performance profile

How much work a call to wp_render_elements_class_name() 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
9–39

Executed per call on PHP 8.5, depending on the branch taken. The body compiles to 45.

Plugin surface
None

Nothing here hands control to plugin code.

Called by
0

Nothing in core calls this; the cost is only what you spend yourself.

What one call costs · 4 distinct outcomes

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

WhenInstructionsCalls it makes
always9–12none
is_string($class_name_attr) && $class_name_attr && $matched_class_name === null22–27strtok()
is_string($class_name_attr) && $class_name_attr && $matched_class_name !== null && !->next_tag()31–36strtok(), ->next_tag(), ->get_updated_html()
is_string($class_name_attr) && $class_name_attr && $matched_class_name !== null && ->next_tag()34–39strtok(), ->next_tag(), ->add_class(), ->get_updated_html()

Across PHP versions

PHPCompiledExecutedBranchesNotes
8.6-dev459–397
8.5459–397
8.4459–3976 fewer instructions than PHP 8.3
8.3519–457
8.2519–457
8.1519–4571 fewer instruction than PHP 7.4
7.45210–467

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 · 3

Source code

function wp_render_elements_class_name( $block_content, $block ) {	$class_name_attr   = $block['attrs']['className'] ?? null;	$class_name_prefix = 'wp-elements-';	if ( ! is_string( $class_name_attr ) || ! str_contains( $class_name_attr, $class_name_prefix ) ) {		return $block_content;	} 	// Parse out the 'wp-elements-*' class name.	$matched_class_name = null;	$token_delimiter    = " \t\f\r\n";	$class_token        = strtok( $class_name_attr, $token_delimiter );	while ( false !== $class_token ) {		if ( str_starts_with( $class_token, $class_name_prefix ) ) {			$matched_class_name = $class_token;			break;		}		$class_token = strtok( $token_delimiter );	}	if ( null === $matched_class_name ) {		return $block_content;	} 	$tags = new WP_HTML_Tag_Processor( $block_content );	if ( $tags->next_tag() ) {		$tags->add_class( $matched_class_name );	} 	return $tags->get_updated_html();}

Changelog

Introduced in 6.6.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 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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