_wp_menu_output( array $menu, array $submenu, bool $submenu_as_parent = true )

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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.

Display menu.

Parameters

$menuarrayrequired
$submenuarrayrequired
$submenu_as_parentbooloptional

Default:true

Source

function _wp_menu_output( $menu, $submenu, $submenu_as_parent = true ) {
	global $self, $parent_file, $submenu_file, $plugin_page, $typenow;

	$first = true;
	// 0 = menu_title, 1 = capability, 2 = menu_slug, 3 = page_title, 4 = classes, 5 = hookname, 6 = icon_url.
	foreach ( $menu as $key => $item ) {
		$admin_is_parent = false;
		$class           = array();
		$aria_attributes = '';
		$aria_hidden     = '';
		$is_separator    = false;

		if ( $first ) {
			$class[] = 'wp-first-item';
			$first   = false;
		}

		$submenu_items = array();
		if ( ! empty( $submenu[ $item[2] ] ) ) {
			$class[]       = 'wp-has-submenu';
			$submenu_items = $submenu[ $item[2] ];
		}

		if ( ( $parent_file && $item[2] === $parent_file ) || ( empty( $typenow ) && $self === $item[2] ) ) {
			if ( ! empty( $submenu_items ) ) {
				$class[] = 'wp-has-current-submenu wp-menu-open';
			} else {
				$class[]          = 'current';
				$aria_attributes .= 'aria-current="page"';
			}
		} else {
			$class[] = 'wp-not-current-submenu';
			if ( ! empty( $submenu_items ) ) {
				$aria_attributes .= 'data-ariahaspopup';
			}
		}

		if ( ! empty( $item[4] ) ) {
			$class[] = esc_attr( $item[4] );
		}

		$class     = $class ? ' class="' . implode( ' ', $class ) . '"' : '';
		$id        = ! empty( $item[5] ) ? ' id="' . preg_replace( '|[^a-zA-Z0-9_:.]|', '-', $item[5] ) . '"' : '';
		$img       = '';
		$img_style = '';
		$img_class = ' dashicons-before';

		if ( str_contains( $class, 'wp-menu-separator' ) ) {
			$is_separator = true;
		}

		/*
		 * If the string 'none' (previously 'div') is passed instead of a URL, don't output
		 * the default menu image so an icon can be added to div.wp-menu-image as background
		 * with CSS. Dashicons and base64-encoded data:image/svg_xml URIs are also handled
		 * as special cases.
		 */
		if ( ! empty( $item[6] ) ) {
			$img = '<img src="' . esc_url( $item[6] ) . '" alt="" />';

			if ( 'none' === $item[6] || 'div' === $item[6] ) {
				$img = '<br />';
			} elseif ( str_starts_with( $item[6], 'data:image/svg+xml;base64,' ) ) {
				$img = '<br />';
				// The value is base64-encoded data, so esc_attr() is used here instead of esc_url().
				$img_style = ' style="background-image:url(\'' . esc_attr( $item[6] ) . '\')"';
				$img_class = ' svg';
			} elseif ( str_starts_with( $item[6], 'dashicons-' ) ) {
				$img       = '<br />';
				$img_class = ' dashicons-before ' . sanitize_html_class( $item[6] );
			}
		}
		$arrow = '<div class="wp-menu-arrow"><div></div></div>';

		$title = wptexturize( $item[0] );

		// Hide separators from screen readers.
		if ( $is_separator ) {
			$aria_hidden = ' aria-hidden="true"';
		}

		echo "\n\t<li$class$id$aria_hidden>";

		if ( $is_separator ) {
			echo '<div class="separator"></div>';
		} elseif ( $submenu_as_parent && ! empty( $submenu_items ) ) {
			$submenu_items = array_values( $submenu_items );  // Re-index.
			$menu_hook     = get_plugin_page_hook( $submenu_items[0][2], $item[2] );
			$menu_file     = $submenu_items[0][2];
			$pos           = strpos( $menu_file, '?' );

			if ( false !== $pos ) {
				$menu_file = substr( $menu_file, 0, $pos );
			}

			if ( ! empty( $menu_hook )
				|| ( ( 'index.php' !== $submenu_items[0][2] )
					&& file_exists( WP_PLUGIN_DIR . "/$menu_file" )
					&& ! file_exists( ABSPATH . "/wp-admin/$menu_file" ) )
			) {
				$admin_is_parent = true;
				echo "<a href='admin.php?page={$submenu_items[0][2]}'$class $aria_attributes>$arrow<div class='wp-menu-image$img_class'$img_style aria-hidden='true'>$img</div><div class='wp-menu-name'>$title</div></a>";
			} else {
				echo "\n\t<a href='{$submenu_items[0][2]}'$class $aria_attributes>$arrow<div class='wp-menu-image$img_class'$img_style aria-hidden='true'>$img</div><div class='wp-menu-name'>$title</div></a>";
			}
		} elseif ( ! empty( $item[2] ) && current_user_can( $item[1] ) ) {
			$menu_hook = get_plugin_page_hook( $item[2], 'admin.php' );
			$menu_file = $item[2];
			$pos       = strpos( $menu_file, '?' );

			if ( false !== $pos ) {
				$menu_file = substr( $menu_file, 0, $pos );
			}

			if ( ! empty( $menu_hook )
				|| ( ( 'index.php' !== $item[2] )
					&& file_exists( WP_PLUGIN_DIR . "/$menu_file" )
					&& ! file_exists( ABSPATH . "/wp-admin/$menu_file" ) )
			) {
				$admin_is_parent = true;
				echo "\n\t<a href='admin.php?page={$item[2]}'$class $aria_attributes>$arrow<div class='wp-menu-image$img_class'$img_style aria-hidden='true'>$img</div><div class='wp-menu-name'>{$item[0]}</div></a>";
			} else {
				echo "\n\t<a href='{$item[2]}'$class $aria_attributes>$arrow<div class='wp-menu-image$img_class'$img_style aria-hidden='true'>$img</div><div class='wp-menu-name'>{$item[0]}</div></a>";
			}
		}

		if ( ! empty( $submenu_items ) ) {
			echo "\n\t<ul class='wp-submenu wp-submenu-wrap'>";
			echo "<li class='wp-submenu-head' aria-hidden='true'>{$item[0]}</li>";

			$first = true;

			// 0 = menu_title, 1 = capability, 2 = menu_slug, 3 = page_title, 4 = classes.
			foreach ( $submenu_items as $sub_key => $sub_item ) {
				if ( ! current_user_can( $sub_item[1] ) ) {
					continue;
				}

				$class           = array();
				$aria_attributes = '';

				if ( $first ) {
					$class[] = 'wp-first-item';
					$first   = false;
				}

				$menu_file = $item[2];
				$pos       = strpos( $menu_file, '?' );

				if ( false !== $pos ) {
					$menu_file = substr( $menu_file, 0, $pos );
				}

				// Handle current for post_type=post|page|foo pages, which won't match $self.
				$self_type = ! empty( $typenow ) ? $self . '?post_type=' . $typenow : 'nothing';

				if ( isset( $submenu_file ) ) {
					if ( $submenu_file === $sub_item[2] ) {
						$class[]          = 'current';
						$aria_attributes .= ' aria-current="page"';
					}
					/*
					 * If plugin_page is set the parent must either match the current page or not physically exist.
					 * This allows plugin pages with the same hook to exist under different parents.
					 */
				} elseif (
					( ! isset( $plugin_page ) && $self === $sub_item[2] )
					|| ( isset( $plugin_page ) && $plugin_page === $sub_item[2]
						&& ( $item[2] === $self_type || $item[2] === $self || file_exists( $menu_file ) === false ) )
				) {
					$class[]          = 'current';
					$aria_attributes .= ' aria-current="page"';
				}

				if ( ! empty( $sub_item[4] ) ) {
					$class[] = esc_attr( $sub_item[4] );
				}

				$class = $class ? ' class="' . implode( ' ', $class ) . '"' : '';

				$menu_hook = get_plugin_page_hook( $sub_item[2], $item[2] );
				$sub_file  = $sub_item[2];
				$pos       = strpos( $sub_file, '?' );
				if ( false !== $pos ) {
					$sub_file = substr( $sub_file, 0, $pos );
				}

				$title = wptexturize( $sub_item[0] );

				if ( ! empty( $menu_hook )
					|| ( ( 'index.php' !== $sub_item[2] )
						&& file_exists( WP_PLUGIN_DIR . "/$sub_file" )
						&& ! file_exists( ABSPATH . "/wp-admin/$sub_file" ) )
				) {
					// If admin.php is the current page or if the parent exists as a file in the plugins or admin directory.
					if ( ( ! $admin_is_parent && file_exists( WP_PLUGIN_DIR . "/$menu_file" ) && ! is_dir( WP_PLUGIN_DIR . "/{$item[2]}" ) ) || file_exists( $menu_file ) ) {
						$sub_item_url = add_query_arg( array( 'page' => $sub_item[2] ), $item[2] );
					} else {
						$sub_item_url = add_query_arg( array( 'page' => $sub_item[2] ), 'admin.php' );
					}

					$sub_item_url = esc_url( $sub_item_url );
					echo "<li$class><a href='$sub_item_url'$class$aria_attributes>$title</a></li>";
				} else {
					echo "<li$class><a href='{$sub_item[2]}'$class$aria_attributes>$title</a></li>";
				}
			}
			echo '</ul>';
		}
		echo '</li>';
	}

	echo '<li id="collapse-menu" class="hide-if-no-js">' .
		'<button type="button" id="collapse-button" aria-label="' . esc_attr__( 'Collapse Main menu' ) . '" aria-expanded="true">' .
		'<span class="collapse-button-icon" aria-hidden="true"></span>' .
		'<span class="collapse-button-label">' . __( 'Collapse menu' ) . '</span>' .
		'</button></li>';
}

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VersionDescription
2.7.0Introduced.

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