Title: CommonClassesStrategy::getCandidates
Published: May 20, 2026
Last modified: August 20, 2026

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# CommonClassesStrategy::getCandidates( $type )

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## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclientdependencies-http-discovery-strategy-commonclassesstrategy/getcandidates/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    public static function getCandidates($type)
    {
        if (Psr18Client::class === $type) {
            return self::getPsr18Candidates();
        }
        return self::$classes[$type] ?? [];
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/php-ai-client/third-party/http/discovery/strategy/commonclassesstrategy.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.1/src/wp-includes/php-ai-client/third-party/Http/Discovery/Strategy/CommonClassesStrategy.php#L54)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.1/src/wp-includes/php-ai-client/third-party/Http/Discovery/Strategy/CommonClassesStrategy.php#L54-L60)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclientdependencies-http-discovery-strategy-commonclassesstrategy/getcandidates/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [CommonClassesStrategy::getPsr18Candidates()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclientdependencies-http-discovery-strategy-commonclassesstrategy/getpsr18candidates/)`wp-includes/php-ai-client/third-party/Http/Discovery/Strategy/CommonClassesStrategy.php` |  |

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