diff --git a/wp-includes/load.php b/wp-includes/load.php
index f46572e3cc..043743e244 100644
--- a/wp-includes/load.php
+++ b/wp-includes/load.php
@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@
/**
* Turn register globals off.
*
- * @access private
* @since 2.1.0
- * @return null Will return null if register_globals PHP directive was disabled
+ * @access private
+ *
+ * @return null Will return null if register_globals PHP directive was disabled.
*/
function wp_unregister_GLOBALS() {
if ( !ini_get( 'register_globals' ) )
@@ -32,10 +33,13 @@ function wp_unregister_GLOBALS() {
}
/**
- * Fix $_SERVER variables for various setups.
+ * Fix `$_SERVER` variables for various setups.
*
- * @access private
* @since 3.0.0
+ * @access private
+ *
+ * @global string $PHP_SELF The filename of the currently executing script,
+ * relative to the document root.
*/
function wp_fix_server_vars() {
global $PHP_SELF;
@@ -92,16 +96,21 @@ function wp_fix_server_vars() {
}
/**
- * Check for the required PHP version, and the MySQL extension or a database drop-in.
+ * Check for the required PHP version, and the MySQL extension or
+ * a database drop-in.
*
* Dies if requirements are not met.
*
- * @access private
* @since 3.0.0
+ * @access private
+ *
+ * @global string $required_php_version The required PHP version string.
+ * @global string $wp_version The WordPress version string.
*/
function wp_check_php_mysql_versions() {
global $required_php_version, $wp_version;
$php_version = phpversion();
+
if ( version_compare( $required_php_version, $php_version, '>' ) ) {
wp_load_translations_early();
header( 'Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8' );
@@ -117,6 +126,7 @@ function wp_check_php_mysql_versions() {
/**
* Don't load all of WordPress when handling a favicon.ico request.
+ *
* Instead, send the headers for a zero-length favicon and bail.
*
* @since 3.0.0
@@ -130,7 +140,7 @@ function wp_favicon_request() {
}
/**
- * Dies with a maintenance message when conditions are met.
+ * Die with a maintenance message when conditions are met.
*
* Checks for a file in the WordPress root directory named ".maintenance".
* This file will contain the variable $upgrading, set to the time the file
@@ -140,8 +150,10 @@ function wp_favicon_request() {
* The default message can be replaced by using a drop-in (maintenance.php in
* the wp-content directory).
*
- * @access private
* @since 3.0.0
+ * @access private
+ *
+ * @global int $upgrading the unix timestamp marking when upgrading WordPress began.
*/
function wp_maintenance() {
if ( !file_exists( ABSPATH . '.maintenance' ) || defined( 'WP_INSTALLING' ) )
@@ -184,11 +196,14 @@ function wp_maintenance() {
}
/**
- * PHP 5 standard microtime start capture.
+ * Start the WordPress micro-timer.
*
- * @access private
* @since 0.71
- * @global float $timestart Seconds from when function is called.
+ * @access private
+ *
+ * @global float $timestart Unix timestamp set at the beginning of the page load.
+ * @see timer_stop()
+ *
* @return bool Always returns true.
*/
function timer_start() {
@@ -223,33 +238,34 @@ function timer_stop( $display = 0, $precision = 3 ) {
}
/**
- * Sets PHP error handling and handles WordPress debug mode.
+ * Set PHP error reporting based on WordPress debug settings.
*
- * Uses three constants: WP_DEBUG, WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY, and WP_DEBUG_LOG. All three can be
- * defined in wp-config.php. Example: define( 'WP_DEBUG', true );
+ * Uses three constants: `WP_DEBUG`, `WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY`, and `WP_DEBUG_LOG`.
+ * All three can be defined in wp-config.php, and by default are set to false.
*
- * WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY and WP_DEBUG_LOG perform no function unless WP_DEBUG is true.
- * WP_DEBUG defaults to false.
+ * When `WP_DEBUG` is true, all PHP notices are reported. WordPress will also
+ * display internal notices: when a deprecated WordPress function, function
+ * argument, or file is used. Deprecated code may be removed from a later
+ * version.
*
- * When WP_DEBUG is true, all PHP notices are reported. WordPress will also display
- * notices, including one when a deprecated WordPress function, function argument,
- * or file is used. Deprecated code may be removed from a later version.
+ * It is strongly recommended that plugin and theme developers use `WP_DEBUG`
+ * in their development environments.
*
- * It is strongly recommended that plugin and theme developers use WP_DEBUG in their
- * development environments.
+ * `WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY` and `WP_DEBUG_LOG` perform no function unless `WP_DEBUG`
+ * is true.
*
- * When WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY is true, WordPress will force errors to be displayed.
- * WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY defaults to true. Defining it as null prevents WordPress from
- * changing the global configuration setting. Defining WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY as false
- * will force errors to be hidden.
+ * When `WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY` is true, WordPress will force errors to be displayed.
+ * `WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY` defaults to true. Defining it as null prevents WordPress
+ * from changing the global configuration setting. Defining `WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY`
+ * as false will force errors to be hidden.
*
- * When WP_DEBUG_LOG is true, errors will be logged to wp-content/debug.log.
- * WP_DEBUG_LOG defaults to false.
+ * When `WP_DEBUG_LOG` is true, errors will be logged to debug.log in the content
+ * directory.
*
* Errors are never displayed for XML-RPC requests.
*
- * @access private
* @since 3.0.0
+ * @access private
*/
function wp_debug_mode() {
if ( WP_DEBUG ) {
@@ -272,30 +288,42 @@ function wp_debug_mode() {
}
/**
- * Sets the location of the language directory.
+ * Set the location of the language directory.
*
- * To set directory manually, define WP_LANG_DIR
in wp-config.php.
+ * To set directory manually, define the `WP_LANG_DIR` constant
+ * in wp-config.php.
*
- * If the language directory exists within WP_CONTENT_DIR, that is used.
- * Otherwise if the language directory exists within WPINC, that's used.
- * Finally, if neither of the preceding directories are found,
- * WP_CONTENT_DIR/languages is used.
+ * If the language directory exists within `WP_CONTENT_DIR`, it
+ * is used. Otherwise the language directory is assumed to live
+ * in `WPINC`.
*
- * The WP_LANG_DIR constant was introduced in 2.1.0.
- *
- * @access private
* @since 3.0.0
+ * @access private
*/
function wp_set_lang_dir() {
if ( !defined( 'WP_LANG_DIR' ) ) {
if ( file_exists( WP_CONTENT_DIR . '/languages' ) && @is_dir( WP_CONTENT_DIR . '/languages' ) || !@is_dir(ABSPATH . WPINC . '/languages') ) {
- define( 'WP_LANG_DIR', WP_CONTENT_DIR . '/languages' ); // no leading slash, no trailing slash, full path, not relative to ABSPATH
+ /**
+ * Server path of the language directory.
+ *
+ * No leading slash, no trailing slash, full path, not relative to ABSPATH
+ *
+ * @since 2.1.0
+ */
+ define( 'WP_LANG_DIR', WP_CONTENT_DIR . '/languages' );
if ( !defined( 'LANGDIR' ) ) {
// Old static relative path maintained for limited backwards compatibility - won't work in some cases
define( 'LANGDIR', 'wp-content/languages' );
}
} else {
- define( 'WP_LANG_DIR', ABSPATH . WPINC . '/languages' ); // no leading slash, no trailing slash, full path, not relative to ABSPATH
+ /**
+ * Server path of the language directory.
+ *
+ * No leading slash, no trailing slash, full path, not relative to `ABSPATH`.
+ *
+ * @since 2.1.0
+ */
+ define( 'WP_LANG_DIR', ABSPATH . WPINC . '/languages' );
if ( !defined( 'LANGDIR' ) ) {
// Old relative path maintained for backwards compatibility
define( 'LANGDIR', WPINC . '/languages' );
@@ -305,14 +333,11 @@ function wp_set_lang_dir() {
}
/**
- * Load the correct database class file.
- *
- * This function is used to load the database class file either at runtime or by
- * wp-admin/setup-config.php. We must globalize $wpdb to ensure that it is
- * defined globally by the inline code in wp-db.php.
+ * Load the database class file and instantiate the `$wpdb` global.
*
* @since 2.5.0
- * @global $wpdb WordPress Database Object
+ *
+ * @global wpdb $wpdb The WordPress database class.
*/
function require_wp_db() {
global $wpdb;
@@ -328,18 +353,16 @@ function require_wp_db() {
}
/**
- * Sets the database table prefix and the format specifiers for database table columns.
+ * Set the database table prefix and the format specifiers for database
+ * table columns.
*
- * Columns not listed here default to %s.
+ * Columns not listed here default to `%s`.
*
- * @see wpdb::$field_types Since 2.8.0
- * @see wpdb::prepare()
- * @see wpdb::insert()
- * @see wpdb::update()
- * @see wpdb::set_prefix()
- *
- * @access private
* @since 3.0.0
+ * @access private
+ *
+ * @global wpdb $wpdb The WordPress database class.
+ * @global string $table_prefix The database table prefix.
*/
function wp_set_wpdb_vars() {
global $wpdb, $table_prefix;
@@ -363,14 +386,15 @@ function wp_set_wpdb_vars() {
}
/**
- * Access/Modify private global variable $_wp_using_ext_object_cache
+ * Access/Modify private global variable `$_wp_using_ext_object_cache`.
*
- * Toggle $_wp_using_ext_object_cache on and off without directly touching global
+ * Toggle `$_wp_using_ext_object_cache` on and off without directly
+ * touching global.
*
* @since 3.7.0
*
- * @param bool $using Whether external object cache is being used
- * @return bool The current 'using' setting
+ * @param bool $using Whether external object cache is being used.
+ * @return bool The current 'using' setting.
*/
function wp_using_ext_object_cache( $using = null ) {
global $_wp_using_ext_object_cache;
@@ -381,13 +405,15 @@ function wp_using_ext_object_cache( $using = null ) {
}
/**
- * Starts the WordPress object cache.
+ * Start the WordPress object cache.
*
* If an object-cache.php file exists in the wp-content directory,
* it uses that drop-in as an external object cache.
*
- * @access private
* @since 3.0.0
+ * @access private
+ *
+ * @global int $blog_id Blog ID.
*/
function wp_start_object_cache() {
global $blog_id;
@@ -402,18 +428,23 @@ function wp_start_object_cache() {
$first_init = true;
} else if ( ! wp_using_ext_object_cache() && file_exists( WP_CONTENT_DIR . '/object-cache.php' ) ) {
- // Sometimes advanced-cache.php can load object-cache.php before it is loaded here.
- // This breaks the function_exists check above and can result in $_wp_using_ext_object_cache
- // being set incorrectly. Double check if an external cache exists.
+ /*
+ * Sometimes advanced-cache.php can load object-cache.php before
+ * it is loaded here. This breaks the function_exists check above
+ * and can result in `$_wp_using_ext_object_cache` being set
+ * incorrectly. Double check if an external cache exists.
+ */
wp_using_ext_object_cache( true );
}
if ( ! wp_using_ext_object_cache() )
require_once ( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/cache.php' );
- // If cache supports reset, reset instead of init if already initialized.
- // Reset signals to the cache that global IDs have changed and it may need to update keys
- // and cleanup caches.
+ /*
+ * If cache supports reset, reset instead of init if already
+ * initialized. Reset signals to the cache that global IDs
+ * have changed and it may need to update keys and cleanup caches.
+ */
if ( ! $first_init && function_exists( 'wp_cache_switch_to_blog' ) )
wp_cache_switch_to_blog( $blog_id );
elseif ( function_exists( 'wp_cache_init' ) )
@@ -426,12 +457,12 @@ function wp_start_object_cache() {
}
/**
- * Redirects to the installer if WordPress is not installed.
+ * Redirect to the installer if WordPress is not installed.
*
- * Dies with an error message when multisite is enabled.
+ * Dies with an error message when Multisite is enabled.
*
- * @access private
* @since 3.0.0
+ * @access private
*/
function wp_not_installed() {
if ( is_multisite() ) {
@@ -450,15 +481,16 @@ function wp_not_installed() {
}
/**
- * Returns array of must-use plugin files to be included in global scope.
+ * Retrieve an array of must-use plugin files.
*
- * The default directory is wp-content/mu-plugins. To change the default directory
- * manually, define WPMU_PLUGIN_DIR
and WPMU_PLUGIN_URL
+ * The default directory is wp-content/mu-plugins. To change the default
+ * directory manually, define `WPMU_PLUGIN_DIR` and `WPMU_PLUGIN_URL`
* in wp-config.php.
*
- * @access private
* @since 3.0.0
- * @return array Files to include
+ * @access private
+ *
+ * @return array Files to include.
*/
function wp_get_mu_plugins() {
$mu_plugins = array();
@@ -477,15 +509,18 @@ function wp_get_mu_plugins() {
}
/**
- * Returns array of plugin files to be included in global scope.
+ * Retrieve an array of active and valid plugin files.
*
- * The default directory is wp-content/plugins. To change the default directory
- * manually, define WP_PLUGIN_DIR
and WP_PLUGIN_URL
+ * While upgrading or installing WordPress, no plugins are returned.
+ *
+ * The default directory is wp-content/plugins. To change the default
+ * directory manually, define `WP_PLUGIN_DIR` and `WP_PLUGIN_URL`
* in wp-config.php.
*
- * @access private
* @since 3.0.0
- * @return array Files to include
+ * @access private
+ *
+ * @return array Files.
*/
function wp_get_active_and_valid_plugins() {
$plugins = array();
@@ -515,13 +550,13 @@ function wp_get_active_and_valid_plugins() {
}
/**
- * Sets internal encoding using mb_internal_encoding().
+ * Set internal encoding.
*
- * In most cases the default internal encoding is latin1, which is of no use,
- * since we want to use the mb_ functions for utf-8 strings.
+ * In most cases the default internal encoding is latin1, which is
+ * of no use, since we want to use the `mb_` functions for `utf-8` strings.
*
- * @access private
* @since 3.0.0
+ * @access private
*/
function wp_set_internal_encoding() {
if ( function_exists( 'mb_internal_encoding' ) ) {
@@ -532,13 +567,13 @@ function wp_set_internal_encoding() {
}
/**
- * Add magic quotes to $_GET, $_POST, $_COOKIE, and $_SERVER.
+ * Add magic quotes to `$_GET`, `$_POST`, `$_COOKIE`, and `$_SERVER`.
*
- * Also forces $_REQUEST to be $_GET + $_POST. If $_SERVER, $_COOKIE,
- * or $_ENV are needed, use those superglobals directly.
+ * Also forces `$_REQUEST` to be `$_GET + $_POST`. If `$_SERVER`,
+ * `$_COOKIE`, or `$_ENV` are needed, use those superglobals directly.
*
- * @access private
* @since 3.0.0
+ * @access private
*/
function wp_magic_quotes() {
// If already slashed, strip.
@@ -561,8 +596,8 @@ function wp_magic_quotes() {
/**
* Runs just before PHP shuts down execution.
*
- * @access private
* @since 1.2.0
+ * @access private
*/
function shutdown_action_hook() {
/**
@@ -571,6 +606,7 @@ function shutdown_action_hook() {
* @since 1.2.0
*/
do_action( 'shutdown' );
+
wp_cache_close();
}
@@ -578,26 +614,25 @@ function shutdown_action_hook() {
* Copy an object.
*
* @since 2.7.0
- * @deprecated 3.2
+ * @deprecated 3.2.0
*
- * @param object $object The object to clone
- * @return object The cloned object
+ * @param object $object The object to clone.
+ * @return object The cloned object.
*/
-
function wp_clone( $object ) {
// Use parens for clone to accommodate PHP 4. See #17880
return clone( $object );
}
/**
- * Whether the current request is for a network or blog admin page
+ * Whether the current request is for an administrative interface page.
*
- * Does not inform on whether the user is an admin! Use capability checks to
- * tell if the user should be accessing a section or not.
+ * Does not check if the user is an administrator; {@see current_user_can()}
+ * for checking roles and capabilities.
*
* @since 1.5.1
*
- * @return bool True if inside WordPress administration pages.
+ * @return bool True if inside WordPress administration interface, false otherwise.
*/
function is_admin() {
if ( isset( $GLOBALS['current_screen'] ) )
@@ -609,14 +644,16 @@ function is_admin() {
}
/**
- * Whether the current request is for a blog admin screen /wp-admin/
+ * Whether the current request is for a site's admininstrative interface.
*
- * Does not inform on whether the user is a blog admin! Use capability checks to
- * tell if the user should be accessing a section or not.
+ * e.g. `/wp-admin/`
+ *
+ * Does not check if the user is an administrator; {@see current_user_can()}
+ * for checking roles and capabilities.
*
* @since 3.1.0
*
- * @return bool True if inside WordPress network administration pages.
+ * @return bool True if inside WordPress blog administration pages.
*/
function is_blog_admin() {
if ( isset( $GLOBALS['current_screen'] ) )
@@ -628,10 +665,12 @@ function is_blog_admin() {
}
/**
- * Whether the current request is for a network admin screen /wp-admin/network/
+ * Whether the current request is for the network administrative interface.
*
- * Does not inform on whether the user is a network admin! Use capability checks to
- * tell if the user should be accessing a section or not.
+ * e.g. `/wp-admin/network/`
+ *
+ * Does not check if the user is an administrator; {@see current_user_can()}
+ * for checking roles and capabilities.
*
* @since 3.1.0
*
@@ -647,10 +686,13 @@ function is_network_admin() {
}
/**
- * Whether the current request is for a user admin screen /wp-admin/user/
+ * Whether the current request is for a user admin screen.
*
- * Does not inform on whether the user is an admin! Use capability checks to
- * tell if the user should be accessing a section or not.
+ * e.g. `/wp-admin/user/`
+ *
+ * Does not inform on whether the user is an admin! Use capability
+ * checks to tell if the user should be accessing a section or not
+ * {@see current_user_can()}.
*
* @since 3.1.0
*
@@ -666,11 +708,11 @@ function is_user_admin() {
}
/**
- * Whether Multisite support is enabled
+ * If Multisite is enabled.
*
* @since 3.0.0
*
- * @return bool True if multisite is enabled, false otherwise.
+ * @return bool True if Multisite is enabled, false otherwise.
*/
function is_multisite() {
if ( defined( 'MULTISITE' ) )
@@ -683,7 +725,7 @@ function is_multisite() {
}
/**
- * Retrieve the current blog id
+ * Retrieve the current blog ID.
*
* @since 3.1.0
*
@@ -695,16 +737,19 @@ function get_current_blog_id() {
}
/**
- * Attempts an early load of translations.
+ * Attempt an early load of translations.
*
- * Used for errors encountered during the initial loading process, before the locale has been
- * properly detected and loaded.
+ * Used for errors encountered during the initial loading process, before
+ * the locale has been properly detected and loaded.
*
- * Designed for unusual load sequences (like setup-config.php) or for when the script will then
- * terminate with an error, otherwise there is a risk that a file can be double-included.
+ * Designed for unusual load sequences (like setup-config.php) or for when
+ * the script will then terminate with an error, otherwise there is a risk
+ * that a file can be double-included.
*
* @since 3.4.0
* @access private
+ *
+ * @global $wp_locale The WordPress date and time locale object.
*/
function wp_load_translations_early() {
global $text_direction, $wp_locale;
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index e42cc25f3e..8db728b03b 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
*
* @global string $wp_version
*/
-$wp_version = '4.0-alpha-20140603';
+$wp_version = '4.0-alpha-20140604';
/**
* Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.