Changeset 31463 for trunk/src/wp-load.php

Timestamp:

02/14/2015 11:38:41 AM (10 years ago)

Author:

DrewAPicture

Message:

Add inline documentation to clarify the reasoning behind the various conditions that control how WP is loaded.

Props mattheweppelsheimer for the initial patch.
Fixes #30935.

File:

• trunk/src/wp-load.php (modified) (1 diff)

trunk/src/wp-load.php

@@ -24 +24 @@
 error_reporting( E_CORE_ERROR | E_CORE_WARNING | E_COMPILE_ERROR | E_ERROR | E_WARNING | E_PARSE | E_USER_ERROR | E_USER_WARNING | E_RECOVERABLE_ERROR );
 
+/*
+ * If wp-config.php exists in the WordPress root, or if it exists in the root and wp-settings.php
+ * doesn't, load wp-config.php. The secondary check for wp-settings.php has the added benefit
+ * of avoiding cases where the current directory is a nested installation, e.g. / is WordPress(a)
+ * and /blog/ is WordPress(b).
+ *
+ * If neither set of conditions is true, initiate loading the setup process.
+ */
 if ( file_exists( ABSPATH . 'wp-config.php') ) {