wp-includes/rest-api/fields/class-wp-rest-meta-fields.php:15Core class to manage meta values for an object via the REST API.
#[AllowDynamicProperties]abstract class WP_REST_Meta_Fields { /** * Retrieves the object meta type. * * @since 4.7.0 * * @return string One of 'post', 'comment', 'term', 'user', or anything * else supported by `_get_meta_table()`. */ abstract protected function get_meta_type(); /** * Retrieves the object meta subtype. * * @since 4.9.8 * * @return string Subtype for the meta type, or empty string if no specific subtype. */ protected function get_meta_subtype() { return ''; } /** * Retrieves the object type for register_rest_field(). * * @since 4.7.0 * * @return string The REST field type, such as post type name, taxonomy name, 'comment', or `user`. */ abstract protected function get_rest_field_type(); /** * Registers the meta field. * * @since 4.7.0 * @deprecated 5.6.0 * * @see register_rest_field() */ public function register_field() { _deprecated_function( __METHOD__, '5.6.0' ); register_rest_field( $this->get_rest_field_type(), 'meta', array( 'get_callback' => array( $this, 'get_value' ), 'update_callback' => array( $this, 'update_value' ), 'schema' => $this->get_field_schema(), ) ); } /** * Retrieves the meta field value. * * @since 4.7.0 * * @param int $object_id Object ID to fetch meta for. * @param WP_REST_Request $request Full details about the request. * @return array Array containing the meta values keyed by name. */ public function get_value( $object_id, $request ) { $fields = $this->get_registered_fields(); $response = array(); foreach ( $fields as $meta_key => $args ) { $name = $args['name']; $all_values = get_metadata( $this->get_meta_type(), $object_id, $meta_key, false ); if ( $args['single'] ) { if ( empty( $all_values ) ) { $value = $args['schema']['default']; } else { $value = $all_values[0]; } $value = $this->prepare_value_for_response( $value, $request, $args );Introduced in 4.7.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
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