is_object_in_term( int $object_id, string $taxonomy, int|string|array $terms = null )

Determine if the given object is associated with any of the given terms.


Description Description

The given terms are checked against the object’s terms’ term_ids, names and slugs. Terms given as integers will only be checked against the object’s terms’ term_ids. If no terms are given, determines if object is associated with any terms in the given taxonomy.


Parameters Parameters

$object_id

(int) (Required) ID of the object (post ID, link ID, ...).

$taxonomy

(string) (Required) Single taxonomy name.

$terms

(int|string|array) (Optional) Term term_id, name, slug or array of said.

Default value: null


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Return Return

(bool|WP_Error) WP_Error on input error.


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Source Source

File: wp-includes/taxonomy.php

function is_object_in_term( $object_id, $taxonomy, $terms = null ) {
	$object_id = (int) $object_id;
	if ( ! $object_id ) {
		return new WP_Error( 'invalid_object', __( 'Invalid object ID.' ) );
	}

	$object_terms = get_object_term_cache( $object_id, $taxonomy );
	if ( false === $object_terms ) {
		$object_terms = wp_get_object_terms( $object_id, $taxonomy, array( 'update_term_meta_cache' => false ) );
		if ( is_wp_error( $object_terms ) ) {
			return $object_terms;
		}

		wp_cache_set( $object_id, wp_list_pluck( $object_terms, 'term_id' ), "{$taxonomy}_relationships" );
	}

	if ( is_wp_error( $object_terms ) ) {
		return $object_terms;
	}
	if ( empty( $object_terms ) ) {
		return false;
	}
	if ( empty( $terms ) ) {
		return ( ! empty( $object_terms ) );
	}

	$terms = (array) $terms;

	$ints = array_filter( $terms, 'is_int' );
	if ( $ints ) {
		$strs = array_diff( $terms, $ints );
	} else {
		$strs =& $terms;
	}

	foreach ( $object_terms as $object_term ) {
		// If term is an int, check against term_ids only.
		if ( $ints && in_array( $object_term->term_id, $ints ) ) {
			return true;
		}

		if ( $strs ) {
			// Only check numeric strings against term_id, to avoid false matches due to type juggling.
			$numeric_strs = array_map( 'intval', array_filter( $strs, 'is_numeric' ) );
			if ( in_array( $object_term->term_id, $numeric_strs, true ) ) {
				return true;
			}

			if ( in_array( $object_term->name, $strs ) ) {
				return true;
			}
			if ( in_array( $object_term->slug, $strs ) ) {
				return true;
			}
		}
	}

	return false;
}

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Version Description
2.7.0 Introduced.


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