_flatten_blocks( array $blocks ): array

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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 in other core functions. It is listed here for completeness.

Returns an array containing the references of the passed blocks and their inner blocks.

Parameters

$blocksarrayrequired
array of blocks.

Return

array block references to the passed blocks and their inner blocks.

Source

function _flatten_blocks( &$blocks ) {
	$all_blocks = array();
	$queue      = array();
	foreach ( $blocks as &$block ) {
		$queue[] = &$block;
	}

	while ( count( $queue ) > 0 ) {
		$block = &$queue[0];
		array_shift( $queue );
		$all_blocks[] = &$block;

		if ( ! empty( $block['innerBlocks'] ) ) {
			foreach ( $block['innerBlocks'] as &$inner_block ) {
				$queue[] = &$inner_block;
			}
		}
	}

	return $all_blocks;
}

Changelog

VersionDescription
5.9.0Introduced.

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