wp_version_check( array $extra_stats = array(), bool $force_check = false )

Check WordPress version against the newest version.


Description

The WordPress version, PHP version, and Locale is sent. Checks against the WordPress server at api.wordpress.org server. Will only check if WordPress isn’t installing.


Parameters

$extra_stats

(array) (Optional) Extra statistics to report to the WordPress.org API.

Default value: array()

$force_check

(bool) (Optional) Whether to bypass the transient cache and force a fresh update check. Defaults to false, true if $extra_stats is set.

Default value: false


Source

File: wp-includes/update.php

function wp_version_check( $extra_stats = array(), $force_check = false ) {
	if ( wp_installing() ) {
		return;
	}

	global $wpdb, $wp_local_package;
	// include an unmodified $cp_version
	include( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/version.php' );
	$php_version = phpversion();

	$current = get_site_transient( 'update_core' );
	$translations = wp_get_installed_translations( 'core' );

	// Invalidate the transient when $cp_version changes
	if ( is_object( $current ) && $cp_version != $current->version_checked )
		$current = false;

	if ( ! is_object($current) ) {
		$current = new stdClass;
		$current->updates = array();
		$current->version_checked = $cp_version;
	}

	if ( ! empty( $extra_stats ) )
		$force_check = true;

	// Wait 60 seconds between multiple version check requests
	$timeout = 60;
	$time_not_changed = isset( $current->last_checked ) && $timeout > ( time() - $current->last_checked );
	if ( ! $force_check && $time_not_changed ) {
		return;
	}

	/**
	 * Filters the locale requested for WordPress core translations.
	 *
	 * @since WP-2.8.0
	 *
	 * @param string $locale Current locale.
	 */
	$locale = apply_filters( 'core_version_check_locale', get_locale() );

	// Update last_checked for current to prevent multiple blocking requests if request hangs
	$current->last_checked = time();
	set_site_transient( 'update_core', $current );

	if ( method_exists( $wpdb, 'db_version' ) )
		$mysql_version = preg_replace('/[^0-9.].*/', '', $wpdb->db_version());
	else
		$mysql_version = 'N/A';

	if ( is_multisite() ) {
		$user_count = get_user_count();
		$num_blogs = get_blog_count();
		$wp_install = network_site_url();
		$multisite_enabled = 1;
	} else {
		$user_count = count_users();
		$user_count = $user_count['total_users'];
		$multisite_enabled = 0;
		$num_blogs = 1;
		$wp_install = home_url( '/' );
	}

	$query = array(
		'version'            => $cp_version,
		'php'                => $php_version,
		'locale'             => $locale,
		'mysql'              => $mysql_version,
		'local_package'      => isset( $wp_local_package ) ? $wp_local_package : '',
		'blogs'              => $num_blogs,
		'users'              => $user_count,
		'multisite_enabled'  => $multisite_enabled,
		'initial_db_version' => get_site_option( 'initial_db_version' ),
		'extra_stats'        => $extra_stats,
		'failure_data'       => get_site_option( 'auto_core_update_failed' ),
		'translations'       => wp_json_encode( $translations ),
	);

	/**
	 * Filter the query arguments sent as part of the core version check.
	 *
	 * WARNING: Changing this data may result in your site not receiving security updates.
	 * Please exercise extreme caution.
	 *
	 * @since WP-4.9.0
	 * @since 1.0.0 Added `extra_stats`, `failure_data`, and `translations`
	 * parameters to query (in WP these are passed in a POST body).
	 *
	 * @param array $query {
	 *     Version check query arguments.
	 *
	 *     @type string $version            ClassicPress version number.
	 *     @type string $php                PHP version number.
	 *     @type string $locale             The locale to retrieve updates for.
	 *     @type string $mysql              MySQL version number.
	 *     @type string $local_package      The value of the $wp_local_package global, when set.
	 *     @type int    $blogs              Number of sites on this ClassicPress installation.
	 *     @type int    $users              Number of users on this ClassicPress installation.
	 *     @type int    $multisite_enabled  Whether this ClassicPress installation uses Multisite.
	 *     @type int    $initial_db_version Database version of ClassicPress at time of installation.
	 *     @type array  $extra_stats        Failure data from the current update, if any.
	 *     @type array  $failure_data       Failure data from a previous update, if any.
	 *     @type array  $translations       Core translations installed on this site.
	 * }
	 */
	$query = apply_filters( 'core_version_check_query_args', $query );

	// ClassicPress installed via the migration plugin has a version number
	// like `1.0.0-alpha1+migration.20181113`.  The API does not generate
	// upgrade paths for these versions, but what we actually want is to check
	// for an upgrade from the base version, in this case `1.0.0-alpha1`.
	$cp_base_version = preg_replace( '#\+migration\.\d+$#', '', $cp_version );

	$url = 'https://api-v1.classicpress.net/upgrade/'
		. $cp_base_version . '.json'
		. '?' . http_build_query( $query, null, '&' );

	$doing_cron = wp_doing_cron();

	$options = array(
		'timeout' => $doing_cron ? 30 : 3,
		'user-agent' => classicpress_user_agent( true ),
		'headers' => array(
			'wp_install' => $wp_install,
			'wp_blog' => home_url( '/' )
		),
	);

	$response = wp_remote_get( $url, $options );
	if ( is_wp_error( $response ) ) {
		trigger_error(
			sprintf(
				/* translators: %s: support forums URL */
				__( 'An unexpected error occurred. Something may be wrong with ClassicPress.net or this server&#8217;s configuration. If you continue to have problems, please report this issue in our <a href="%s">support forum</a>.' ),
				'https://forums.classicpress.net/c/support/'
			) . ' ' . __( '(ClassicPress could not establish a secure connection to ClassicPress.net. Please contact your server administrator.)' ),
			headers_sent() || WP_DEBUG ? E_USER_WARNING : E_USER_NOTICE
		);
		return;
	}

	if ( 200 != wp_remote_retrieve_response_code( $response ) ) {
		// Most likely 404 due to unrecognized ClassicPress version
		return;
	}

	$body = trim( wp_remote_retrieve_body( $response ) );
	$body = json_decode( $body, true );

	if ( ! is_array( $body ) || ! isset( $body['offers'] ) ) {
		return;
	}

	$offers = $body['offers'];

	foreach ( $offers as &$offer ) {
		foreach ( $offer as $offer_key => $value ) {
			if ( 'packages' == $offer_key )
				$offer['packages'] = (object) array_intersect_key( array_map( 'esc_url', $offer['packages'] ),
					array_fill_keys( array( 'full', 'no_content', 'new_bundled', 'partial', 'rollback' ), '' ) );
			elseif ( 'download' == $offer_key )
				$offer['download'] = esc_url( $value );
			else
				$offer[ $offer_key ] = esc_html( $value );
		}
		$offer = (object) array_intersect_key( $offer, array_fill_keys( array( 'response', 'download', 'locale',
			'packages', 'current', 'version', 'php_version', 'mysql_version', 'new_bundled', 'partial_version', 'notify_email', 'support_email', 'new_files' ), '' ) );
	}

	$updates = new stdClass();
	$updates->updates = $offers;
	$updates->last_checked = time();
	$updates->version_checked = $cp_version;

	if ( isset( $body['translations'] ) )
		$updates->translations = $body['translations'];

	set_site_transient( 'update_core', $updates );

	if ( ! empty( $body['ttl'] ) ) {
		$ttl = (int) $body['ttl'];
		if ( $ttl && ( time() + $ttl < wp_next_scheduled( 'wp_version_check' ) ) ) {
			// Queue an event to re-run the update check in $ttl seconds.
			wp_schedule_single_event( time() + $ttl, 'wp_version_check' );
		}
	}

	// Trigger background updates if running non-interactively, and we weren't called from the update handler.
	if ( $doing_cron && ! doing_action( 'wp_maybe_auto_update' ) ) {
		do_action( 'wp_maybe_auto_update' );
	}
}


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