wp-admin/includes/plugin.php:1970Gets the parent file of the current admin page.
$parent_pagestringoptional''stringfunction get_admin_page_parent( $parent_page = '' ) { global $parent_file, $menu, $submenu, $pagenow, $typenow, $plugin_page, $_wp_real_parent_file, $_wp_menu_nopriv, $_wp_submenu_nopriv; if ( ! empty( $parent_page ) && 'admin.php' !== $parent_page ) { return $_wp_real_parent_file[ $parent_page ] ?? $parent_page; } if ( 'admin.php' === $pagenow && isset( $plugin_page ) ) { foreach ( (array) $menu as $parent_menu ) { if ( $parent_menu[2] === $plugin_page ) { $parent_file = $plugin_page; return $_wp_real_parent_file[ $parent_file ] ?? $parent_file; } } if ( isset( $_wp_menu_nopriv[ $plugin_page ] ) ) { $parent_file = $plugin_page; return $_wp_real_parent_file[ $parent_file ] ?? $parent_file; } } if ( isset( $plugin_page ) && isset( $_wp_submenu_nopriv[ $pagenow ][ $plugin_page ] ) ) { $parent_file = $pagenow; return $_wp_real_parent_file[ $parent_file ] ?? $parent_file; } foreach ( array_keys( (array) $submenu ) as $parent_page ) { foreach ( $submenu[ $parent_page ] as $submenu_array ) { if ( isset( $_wp_real_parent_file[ $parent_page ] ) ) { $parent_page = $_wp_real_parent_file[ $parent_page ]; } if ( ! empty( $typenow ) && "$pagenow?post_type=$typenow" === $submenu_array[2] ) { $parent_file = $parent_page; return $parent_page; } elseif ( empty( $typenow ) && $pagenow === $submenu_array[2] && ( empty( $parent_file ) || ! str_contains( $parent_file, '?' ) ) ) { $parent_file = $parent_page; return $parent_page; } elseif ( isset( $plugin_page ) && $plugin_page === $submenu_array[2] ) { $parent_file = $parent_page; return $parent_page; } } } if ( empty( $parent_file ) ) { $parent_file = ''; } return '';}Introduced in 1.5.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
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