wp_trigger_error() – Function | Developer.WordPress.org

Generates a user-level error/warning/notice/deprecation message.

Description

Generates the message when WP_DEBUG is true.

Parameters

$function_namestringrequired: The function that triggered the error.
$messagestringrequired: The message explaining the error.
The message can contain allowed HTML 'a' (with href), 'code', 'br', 'em', and 'strong' tags and http or https protocols.
If it contains other HTML tags or protocols, the message should be escaped before passing to this function to avoid being stripped wp_kses().
$error_levelintoptional: The designated error type for this error.
Only works with E_USER family of constants.
Default:E_USER_NOTICE

Source

function wp_trigger_error( $function_name, $message, $error_level = E_USER_NOTICE ) {

	// Bail out if WP_DEBUG is not turned on.
	if ( ! WP_DEBUG ) {
		return;
	}

	/**
	 * Fires when the given function triggers a user-level error/warning/notice/deprecation message.
	 *
	 * Can be used for debug backtracking.
	 *
	 * @since 6.4.0
	 *
	 * @param string $function_name The function that was called.
	 * @param string $message       A message explaining what has been done incorrectly.
	 * @param int    $error_level   The designated error type for this error.
	 */
	do_action( 'wp_trigger_error_run', $function_name, $message, $error_level );

	if ( ! empty( $function_name ) ) {
		$message = sprintf( '%s(): %s', $function_name, $message );
	}

	$message = wp_kses(
		$message,
		array(
			'a'      => array( 'href' => true ),
			'br'     => array(),
			'code'   => array(),
			'em'     => array(),
			'strong' => array(),
		),
		array( 'http', 'https' )
	);

	trigger_error( $message, $error_level );
}

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Hooks

do_action( ‘wp_trigger_error_run’, string $function_name, string $message, int $error_level ): Fires when the given function triggers a user-level error/warning/notice/deprecation message.

Uses	Description
wp_kses()`wp-includes/kses.php`	Filters text content and strips out disallowed HTML.
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6.4.0	Introduced.

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