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wp_richedit_pre( string $text ): string

Since
2.0.0
Source
wp-includes/deprecated.php:3586
Formats text for the rich text editor.

Description

The 'richedit_pre' filter is applied here. If $text is empty the filter will be applied to an empty string.

Compatibility

Deprecated in WordPress 4.3.0. Use format_for_editor()

WordPress
since 2.0.0
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

$textstring
The text to be formatted.

Return value

string
The formatted text after filter is applied.

Performance profile

How much work a call to wp_richedit_pre() 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
Moderate

Reads stored settings via get_option(), cached per request but not free on a cold cache.

Scaling
Constant

No loop in the body: the same number of instructions runs whatever you pass in.

Instructions
13–30

Executed per call on PHP 8.5, depending on the branch taken. The body compiles to 35.

Plugin surface
1 hook

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

Called by
0

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

What it touches

  • hookthird-party callbacksapply_filters()called directly
  • optionoption read or writeget_option()called directly
  • cacheobject cachewp_cache_get()one call below wp_richedit_pre()
  • serializeserialisationmaybe_unserialize()one call below wp_richedit_pre()

Further down the call graph this can also reach 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 · 2 distinct outcomes

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

WhenInstructionsCalls it makes
empty($text)13_deprecated_function(), apply_filters()
!empty($text)30_deprecated_function(), convert_chars(), wpautop(), get_option(), htmlspecialchars(), apply_filters()

Across PHP versions

Compiles the same on PHP 7.4, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5 and 8.6-dev: 35 instructions, 13–30 executed per call, 1 branch. 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 · 2

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

  1. apply_filters( richedit_pre )filterline 3605 (+19 into the body)

    Filters text returned for the rich text editor.

  2. apply_filters( richedit_pre )filterline 3613 (+27 into the body)

    Filters text returned for the rich text editor.

Uses · 5

Source code

function wp_richedit_pre($text) {	_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '4.3.0', 'format_for_editor()' ); 	if ( empty( $text ) ) {		/**		 * Filters text returned for the rich text editor.		 *		 * This filter is first evaluated, and the value returned, if an empty string		 * is passed to wp_richedit_pre(). If an empty string is passed, it results		 * in a break tag and line feed.		 *		 * If a non-empty string is passed, the filter is evaluated on the wp_richedit_pre()		 * return after being formatted.		 *		 * @since 2.0.0		 * @deprecated 4.3.0		 *		 * @param string $output Text for the rich text editor.		 */		return apply_filters( 'richedit_pre', '' );	} 	$output = convert_chars($text);	$output = wpautop($output);	$output = htmlspecialchars($output, ENT_NOQUOTES, get_option( 'blog_charset' ) ); 	/** This filter is documented in wp-includes/deprecated.php */	return apply_filters( 'richedit_pre', $output );}

Changelog

Introduced in 2.0.0. 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.

4.3.0
Deprecated. Use format_for_editor()from the docblock
2.0.0
Introduced.from the docblock

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