shortcode_parse_atts( string $text ): array

Retrieves all attributes from the shortcodes tag.

Description

The attributes list has the attribute name as the key and the value of the attribute as the value in the key/value pair. This allows for easier retrieval of the attributes, since all attributes have to be known.

Parameters

$textstringrequired
Shortcode arguments list.

Return

array Array of attribute values keyed by attribute name.
Returns empty array if there are no attributes or if the original arguments string cannot be parsed.

Source

function shortcode_parse_atts( $text ) {
	$atts    = array();
	$pattern = get_shortcode_atts_regex();
	$text    = preg_replace( "/[\x{00a0}\x{200b}]+/u", ' ', $text );
	if ( preg_match_all( $pattern, $text, $match, PREG_SET_ORDER ) ) {
		foreach ( $match as $m ) {
			if ( ! empty( $m[1] ) ) {
				$atts[ strtolower( $m[1] ) ] = stripcslashes( $m[2] );
			} elseif ( ! empty( $m[3] ) ) {
				$atts[ strtolower( $m[3] ) ] = stripcslashes( $m[4] );
			} elseif ( ! empty( $m[5] ) ) {
				$atts[ strtolower( $m[5] ) ] = stripcslashes( $m[6] );
			} elseif ( isset( $m[7] ) && strlen( $m[7] ) ) {
				$atts[] = stripcslashes( $m[7] );
			} elseif ( isset( $m[8] ) && strlen( $m[8] ) ) {
				$atts[] = stripcslashes( $m[8] );
			} elseif ( isset( $m[9] ) ) {
				$atts[] = stripcslashes( $m[9] );
			}
		}

		// Reject any unclosed HTML elements.
		foreach ( $atts as &$value ) {
			if ( str_contains( $value, '<' ) ) {
				if ( 1 !== preg_match( '/^[^<]*+(?:<[^>]*+>[^<]*+)*+$/', $value ) ) {
					$value = '';
				}
			}
		}
	}

	return $atts;
}

Changelog

VersionDescription
6.5.0The function now always returns an array, even if the original arguments string cannot be parsed or is empty.
2.5.0Introduced.

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