wp_parse_list( array|string $list )

Converts a comma- or space-separated list of scalar values to an array.

Parameters

$list: (array|string) (Required) List of values.

Return

(array) Array of values.

Source

function wp_parse_list( $list ) {
	if ( ! is_array( $list ) ) {
		return preg_split( '/[\s,]+/', $list, -1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY );
	}

	return $list;
}

Used By

Used By	Description
wp-includes/rest-api.php: rest_sanitize_array()	Converts an array-like value to an array.
wp-includes/rest-api.php: rest_is_array()	Determines if a given value is array-like.
wp-includes/rest-api.php: rest_parse_embed_param()	Parses the “_embed” parameter into the list of resources to embed.
wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-controller.php: WP_REST_Controller::get_fields_for_response()	Gets an array of fields to be included on the response.
wp-includes/rest-api.php: rest_filter_response_fields()	Filters the REST API response to include only a white-listed set of response object fields.
wp-includes/functions.php: wp_parse_slug_list()	Cleans up an array, comma- or space-separated list of slugs.
wp-includes/class-wp-comment-query.php: WP_Comment_Query::get_comment_ids()	Used internally to get a list of comment IDs matching the query vars.
wp-includes/functions.php: wp_parse_id_list()	Cleans up an array, comma- or space-separated list of IDs.
wp-includes/post.php: get_pages()	Retrieve an array of pages (or hierarchical post type items).

Changelog

Version	Description
5.1.0	Introduced.

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