WP_Object_Cache::get( int|string $key, string $group = ‘default’, bool $force = false, bool $found = null ): mixed|false

Retrieves the cache contents, if it exists.

Description

The contents will be first attempted to be retrieved by searching by the key in the cache group. If the cache is hit (success) then the contents are returned.

On failure, the number of cache misses will be incremented.

Parameters

$keyint|stringrequired
The key under which the cache contents are stored.
$groupstringoptional
Where the cache contents are grouped. Default 'default'.

Default:'default'

$forcebooloptional
Unused. Whether to force an update of the local cache from the persistent cache.

Default:false

$foundbooloptional
Whether the key was found in the cache (passed by reference).
Disambiguates a return of false, a storable value.

Default:null

Return

mixed|false The cache contents on success, false on failure to retrieve contents.

Source

public function get( $key, $group = 'default', $force = false, &$found = null ) {
	if ( ! $this->is_valid_key( $key ) ) {
		return false;
	}

	if ( empty( $group ) ) {
		$group = 'default';
	}

	if ( $this->multisite && ! isset( $this->global_groups[ $group ] ) ) {
		$key = $this->blog_prefix . $key;
	}

	if ( $this->_exists( $key, $group ) ) {
		$found             = true;
		$this->cache_hits += 1;
		if ( is_object( $this->cache[ $group ][ $key ] ) ) {
			return clone $this->cache[ $group ][ $key ];
		} else {
			return $this->cache[ $group ][ $key ];
		}
	}

	$found               = false;
	$this->cache_misses += 1;
	return false;
}

Changelog

VersionDescription
2.0.0Introduced.

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