wp_initial_constants()

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Defines initial WordPress constants.

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function wp_initial_constants() {
	global $blog_id, $wp_version;

	/**#@+
	 * Constants for expressing human-readable data sizes in their respective number of bytes.
	 *
	 * @since 4.4.0
	 * @since 6.0.0 `PB_IN_BYTES`, `EB_IN_BYTES`, `ZB_IN_BYTES`, and `YB_IN_BYTES` were added.
	 */
	define( 'KB_IN_BYTES', 1024 );
	define( 'MB_IN_BYTES', 1024 * KB_IN_BYTES );
	define( 'GB_IN_BYTES', 1024 * MB_IN_BYTES );
	define( 'TB_IN_BYTES', 1024 * GB_IN_BYTES );
	define( 'PB_IN_BYTES', 1024 * TB_IN_BYTES );
	define( 'EB_IN_BYTES', 1024 * PB_IN_BYTES );
	define( 'ZB_IN_BYTES', 1024 * EB_IN_BYTES );
	define( 'YB_IN_BYTES', 1024 * ZB_IN_BYTES );
	/**#@-*/

	// Start of run timestamp.
	if ( ! defined( 'WP_START_TIMESTAMP' ) ) {
		define( 'WP_START_TIMESTAMP', microtime( true ) );
	}

	$current_limit     = ini_get( 'memory_limit' );
	$current_limit_int = wp_convert_hr_to_bytes( $current_limit );

	// Define memory limits.
	if ( ! defined( 'WP_MEMORY_LIMIT' ) ) {
		if ( false === wp_is_ini_value_changeable( 'memory_limit' ) ) {
			define( 'WP_MEMORY_LIMIT', $current_limit );
		} elseif ( is_multisite() ) {
			define( 'WP_MEMORY_LIMIT', '64M' );
		} else {
			define( 'WP_MEMORY_LIMIT', '40M' );
		}
	}

	if ( ! defined( 'WP_MAX_MEMORY_LIMIT' ) ) {
		if ( false === wp_is_ini_value_changeable( 'memory_limit' ) ) {
			define( 'WP_MAX_MEMORY_LIMIT', $current_limit );
		} elseif ( -1 === $current_limit_int || $current_limit_int > 256 * MB_IN_BYTES ) {
			define( 'WP_MAX_MEMORY_LIMIT', $current_limit );
		} elseif ( wp_convert_hr_to_bytes( WP_MEMORY_LIMIT ) > 256 * MB_IN_BYTES ) {
			define( 'WP_MAX_MEMORY_LIMIT', WP_MEMORY_LIMIT );
		} else {
			define( 'WP_MAX_MEMORY_LIMIT', '256M' );
		}
	}

	// Set memory limits.
	$wp_limit_int = wp_convert_hr_to_bytes( WP_MEMORY_LIMIT );
	if ( -1 !== $current_limit_int && ( -1 === $wp_limit_int || $wp_limit_int > $current_limit_int ) ) {
		ini_set( 'memory_limit', WP_MEMORY_LIMIT );
	}

	if ( ! isset( $blog_id ) ) {
		$blog_id = 1;
	}

	if ( ! defined( 'WP_CONTENT_DIR' ) ) {
		define( 'WP_CONTENT_DIR', ABSPATH . 'wp-content' ); // No trailing slash, full paths only - WP_CONTENT_URL is defined further down.
	}

	/*
	 * Add define( 'WP_DEVELOPMENT_MODE', 'core' ), or define( 'WP_DEVELOPMENT_MODE', 'plugin' ), or
	 * define( 'WP_DEVELOPMENT_MODE', 'theme' ), or define( 'WP_DEVELOPMENT_MODE', 'all' ) to wp-config.php
	 * to signify development mode for WordPress core, a plugin, a theme, or all three types respectively.
	 */
	if ( ! defined( 'WP_DEVELOPMENT_MODE' ) ) {
		define( 'WP_DEVELOPMENT_MODE', '' );
	}

	// Add define( 'WP_DEBUG', true ); to wp-config.php to enable display of notices during development.
	if ( ! defined( 'WP_DEBUG' ) ) {
		if ( wp_get_development_mode() || 'development' === wp_get_environment_type() ) {
			define( 'WP_DEBUG', true );
		} else {
			define( 'WP_DEBUG', false );
		}
	}

	/*
	 * Add define( 'WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY', null ); to wp-config.php to use the globally configured setting
	 * for 'display_errors' and not force errors to be displayed. Use false to force 'display_errors' off.
	 */
	if ( ! defined( 'WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY' ) ) {
		define( 'WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY', true );
	}

	// Add define( 'WP_DEBUG_LOG', true ); to enable error logging to wp-content/debug.log.
	if ( ! defined( 'WP_DEBUG_LOG' ) ) {
		define( 'WP_DEBUG_LOG', false );
	}

	if ( ! defined( 'WP_CACHE' ) ) {
		define( 'WP_CACHE', false );
	}

	/*
	 * Add define( 'SCRIPT_DEBUG', true ); to wp-config.php to enable loading of non-minified,
	 * non-concatenated scripts and stylesheets.
	 */
	if ( ! defined( 'SCRIPT_DEBUG' ) ) {
		if ( ! empty( $wp_version ) ) {
			$develop_src = str_contains( $wp_version, '-src' );
		} else {
			$develop_src = false;
		}

		define( 'SCRIPT_DEBUG', $develop_src );
	}

	/**
	 * Private
	 */
	if ( ! defined( 'MEDIA_TRASH' ) ) {
		define( 'MEDIA_TRASH', false );
	}

	if ( ! defined( 'SHORTINIT' ) ) {
		define( 'SHORTINIT', false );
	}

	// Constants for features added to WP that should short-circuit their plugin implementations.
	define( 'WP_FEATURE_BETTER_PASSWORDS', true );

	/**#@+
	 * Constants for expressing human-readable intervals
	 * in their respective number of seconds.
	 *
	 * Please note that these values are approximate and are provided for convenience.
	 * For example, MONTH_IN_SECONDS wrongly assumes every month has 30 days and
	 * YEAR_IN_SECONDS does not take leap years into account.
	 *
	 * If you need more accuracy please consider using the DateTime class (https://www.php.net/manual/en/class.datetime.php).
	 *
	 * @since 3.5.0
	 * @since 4.4.0 Introduced `MONTH_IN_SECONDS`.
	 */
	define( 'MINUTE_IN_SECONDS', 60 );
	define( 'HOUR_IN_SECONDS', 60 * MINUTE_IN_SECONDS );
	define( 'DAY_IN_SECONDS', 24 * HOUR_IN_SECONDS );
	define( 'WEEK_IN_SECONDS', 7 * DAY_IN_SECONDS );
	define( 'MONTH_IN_SECONDS', 30 * DAY_IN_SECONDS );
	define( 'YEAR_IN_SECONDS', 365 * DAY_IN_SECONDS );
	/**#@-*/
}

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3.0.0Introduced.

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