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Opened 3 years ago

Closed 2 years ago

#53102 closed defect (bug) (fixed)

Incorrect documentation for delete_{$meta_type}_meta and deleted_{$meta_type}_meta filter hooks

Reported by: pputzer's profile pputzer Owned by: davidbaumwald's profile davidbaumwald
Milestone: 5.9 Priority: normal
Severity: normal Version: 5.4
Component: Options, Meta APIs Keywords: good-first-bug has-patch
Focuses: docs Cc:

Description

The inline documentation for delete_{$meta_type}_meta and deleted_{$meta_type}_meta incorrectly states that the $_meta_value parameter is Serialized if non-scalar (from [47390]). While $meta_value is run through maybe_serialize, $_meta_value is not.

Also, I think the hook documentation should make it clear that the meta value is only passed from the optional function argument, so it might not contain anything meaningful.

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53102.diff (3.1 KB) - added by hasanuzzamanshamim 3 years ago.
Removed "Serialized if non-scalar"

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Change History (6)

#1 @pputzer
3 years ago

On further investigation, the issue may stem at least partially from the to separate uses of the hook in delete_metadata and delete_metadata_by_mid. The latter uses get_metadata_by_mid to retrieve the current values before deleting the metadata. The meta value is still not serialized, though.

I think the best solution would be to read the actual meta values in delete_metadata as well.

#2 @SergeyBiryukov
3 years ago

  • Component changed from General to Options, Meta APIs
  • Milestone changed from Awaiting Review to 5.8

#3 @desrosj
3 years ago

  • Keywords needs-patch good-first-bug added
  • Milestone changed from 5.8 to 5.9

The beta 1 deadline is today. Since this one does not yet have a patch, I am going to punt to 5.9. However, documentation changes are allowed during the beta part of the release cycle. If someone is able to create a patch before 29 June, it can be moved back.

@hasanuzzamanshamim
3 years ago

Removed "Serialized if non-scalar"

#4 @hasanuzzamanshamim
3 years ago

  • Keywords has-patch added; needs-patch removed

#5 @davidbaumwald
2 years ago

  • Owner set to davidbaumwald
  • Resolution set to fixed
  • Status changed from new to closed

In 52140:

Options, Meta APIs: Correct docs for $_meta_value parameter in xxx_{$meta_type}_meta hooks.

In add_{$meta_type}_meta, added_{$meta_type}_meta, update_{$meta_type}_meta, updated_{$meta_type}_meta, delete_{$meta_type}_meta, and deleted_{$meta_type}_meta hooks, the $_meta_value parameter was documented as "Serialized if non-scalar". However, $_meta_value is a copy of the raw meta value before maybe_serialize is run and is not serialized. This change updates each of the above hooks' docblocks to remove "Serialized if non-scalar" from the $_meta_value parameter description.

Props pputzer, hasanuzzamanshamim.
Fixes #53102.

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