WP_Scripts::get_dependents │ private │ WP 6.3.0

Gets all dependents of a script.

This is not recursive.

Method of the class: WP_Scripts{}

No Hooks.

Returns

String[]. Script handles.

Usage

// private - for code of main (parent) class only
$result = $this->get_dependents( $handle );

$handle(string) (required)

The script handle.

Changelog

WP_Scripts::get_dependents() WP Scripts::get dependents code ^{WP 7.0}

private function get_dependents( $handle ) {
	// Check if dependents map for the handle in question is present. If so, use it.
	if ( isset( $this->dependents_map[ $handle ] ) ) {
		return $this->dependents_map[ $handle ];
	}

	$dependents = array();

	// Iterate over all registered scripts, finding dependents of the script passed to this method.
	foreach ( $this->registered as $registered_handle => $args ) {
		if ( in_array( $handle, $args->deps, true ) ) {
			$dependents[] = $registered_handle;
		}
	}

	// Add the handles dependents to the map to ease future lookups.
	$this->dependents_map[ $handle ] = $dependents;

	return $dependents;
}