Title: SupportedOption::normalizeValue
Published: May 20, 2026

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# SupportedOption::normalizeValue( mixed $value ): mixed

## In this article

 * [Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-providers-models-dto-supportedoption/normalizevalue/?output_format=md#description)
 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-providers-models-dto-supportedoption/normalizevalue/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-providers-models-dto-supportedoption/normalizevalue/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-providers-models-dto-supportedoption/normalizevalue/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-providers-models-dto-supportedoption/normalizevalue/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-providers-models-dto-supportedoption/normalizevalue/?output_format=md#changelog)

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This function’s access is marked private. This means it is not intended for use 
by plugin or theme developers, only by core. It is listed here for completeness.

Normalizes an AbstractEnum instance to its string value.

## 󠀁[Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-providers-models-dto-supportedoption/normalizevalue/?output_format=md#description)󠁿

This ensures comparisons work correctly even after deserialization (e.g. Redis/Memcached
object cache), where AbstractEnum singletons are reconstructed as separate instances.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-providers-models-dto-supportedoption/normalizevalue/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$value`mixedrequired

The value to normalize.

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-providers-models-dto-supportedoption/normalizevalue/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 mixed The normalized value.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-providers-models-dto-supportedoption/normalizevalue/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    private static function normalizeValue($value)
    {
        if ($value instanceof AbstractEnum) {
            return $value->value;
        }
        return $value;
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/php-ai-client/src/providers/models/dto/supportedoption.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/php-ai-client/src/Providers/Models/DTO/SupportedOption.php#L114)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/php-ai-client/src/Providers/Models/DTO/SupportedOption.php#L114-L120)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-providers-models-dto-supportedoption/normalizevalue/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Used by | Description | 
| [SupportedOption::isSupportedValue()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-providers-models-dto-supportedoption/issupportedvalue/)`wp-includes/php-ai-client/src/Providers/Models/DTO/SupportedOption.php` |

Checks if a value is supported for this option.

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-providers-models-dto-supportedoption/normalizevalue/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [1.2.1](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/1.2.1/) | Introduced. |

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