Title: AbstractEnum::from
Published: May 20, 2026

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# AbstractEnum::from( string $value ): static

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-common-abstractenum/from/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-common-abstractenum/from/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-common-abstractenum/from/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-common-abstractenum/from/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-common-abstractenum/from/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Creates an enum instance from a value, throws exception if invalid.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-common-abstractenum/from/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$value`stringrequired

The enum value.

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-common-abstractenum/from/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 static The enum instance.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-common-abstractenum/from/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    final public static function from(string $value): self
    {
        $instance = self::tryFrom($value);
        if ($instance === null) {
            throw new InvalidArgumentException(sprintf('%s is not a valid backing value for enum %s', $value, static::class));
        }
        return $instance;
    }
    ```

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[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/php-ai-client/src/Common/AbstractEnum.php#L107)
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## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-common-abstractenum/from/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [AbstractEnum::tryFrom()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-common-abstractenum/tryfrom/)`wp-includes/php-ai-client/src/Common/AbstractEnum.php` |

Tries to create an enum instance from a value, returns null if invalid.

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-common-abstractenum/from/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [0.1.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/0.1.0/) | Introduced. |

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