Title: WP_REST_Users_Controller::check_reassign
Published: December 6, 2016
Last modified: April 28, 2025

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# WP_REST_Users_Controller::check_reassign( int|bool $value, WP_REST_Request $request, string $param ): int|bool|󠀁[WP_Error](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_error/)󠁿

## In this article

 * [Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_users_controller/check_reassign/?output_format=md#description)
 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_users_controller/check_reassign/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_users_controller/check_reassign/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_users_controller/check_reassign/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_users_controller/check_reassign/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_users_controller/check_reassign/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Checks for a valid value for the reassign parameter when deleting users.

## 󠀁[Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_users_controller/check_reassign/?output_format=md#description)󠁿

The value can be an integer, ‘false’, false, or ''.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_users_controller/check_reassign/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$value`int|boolrequired

The value passed to the reassign parameter.

`$request`[WP_REST_Request](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_request/)
required

Full details about the request.

`$param`stringrequired

The parameter that is being sanitized.

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_users_controller/check_reassign/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 int|bool|[WP_Error](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_error/)

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_users_controller/check_reassign/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    public function check_reassign( $value, $request, $param ) {
    	if ( is_numeric( $value ) ) {
    		return $value;
    	}

    	if ( empty( $value ) || false === $value || 'false' === $value ) {
    		return false;
    	}

    	return new WP_Error(
    		'rest_invalid_param',
    		__( 'Invalid user parameter(s).' ),
    		array( 'status' => 400 )
    	);
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-users-controller.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-users-controller.php#L177)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-users-controller.php#L177-L191)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_users_controller/check_reassign/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [__()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/__/)`wp-includes/l10n.php` |

Retrieves the translation of $text.

  | 
| [WP_Error::__construct()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_error/__construct/)`wp-includes/class-wp-error.php` |

Initializes the error.

  |

## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_users_controller/check_reassign/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [4.7.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.7.0/) | Introduced. |

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