wp-includes/rest-api/class-wp-rest-server.php:1158Matches a request object to its handler.
$requestWP_REST_Requestarray|WP_Error protected function match_request_to_handler( $request ) { $method = $request->get_method(); $path = $request->get_route(); $with_namespace = array(); foreach ( $this->get_namespaces() as $namespace ) { if ( str_starts_with( trailingslashit( ltrim( $path, '/' ) ), $namespace ) ) { $with_namespace[] = $this->get_routes( $namespace ); } } if ( $with_namespace ) { $routes = array_merge( ...$with_namespace ); } else { $routes = $this->get_routes(); } foreach ( $routes as $route => $handlers ) { $match = preg_match( '@^' . $route . '$@i', $path, $matches ); if ( ! $match ) { continue; } $args = array(); foreach ( $matches as $param => $value ) { if ( ! is_int( $param ) ) { $args[ $param ] = $value; } } foreach ( $handlers as $handler ) { $callback = $handler['callback']; // Fallback to GET method if no HEAD method is registered. $checked_method = $method; if ( 'HEAD' === $method && empty( $handler['methods']['HEAD'] ) ) { $checked_method = 'GET'; } if ( empty( $handler['methods'][ $checked_method ] ) ) { continue; } if ( ! is_callable( $callback ) ) { return array( $route, $handler ); } $request->set_url_params( $args ); $request->set_attributes( $handler ); $defaults = array(); foreach ( $handler['args'] as $arg => $options ) { if ( isset( $options['default'] ) ) { $defaults[ $arg ] = $options['default']; } } $request->set_default_params( $defaults ); return array( $route, $handler ); } } return new WP_Error( 'rest_no_route', __( 'No route was found matching the URL and request method.' ), array( 'status' => 404 ) ); }Introduced in 5.6.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
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