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version()

Get the version of Nebula. Can return the version number, or commit date of the version.

PHP April 10, 2021

Usage

PHP
nebula()->version($return)

Parameters

$return
(Optional) (Boolean) What value should be returned.
Default: false

Parameter Notes

Possible $return values include “raw”, “version”, “full”, “date”, “time”, and “utc”.

Leaving it empty or passing false will return an array of all version information.

Note: one additional return value is “realtime” which provides the exact Nebula (parent) version including the real-time build number. Whereas the other return values will pull from wp_get_theme, this will parse the stylesheet directly. This is only available for the parent theme.

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Examples

Return the month, day, and year of the Nebula version.

PHP
<?php echo nebula()->version('date'); ?>

Additional Notes

Like WordPress, Nebula has a time-based version number. Every May, a major version is released. Likewise, each month a minor version is released. The third number represents the day of the month that Nebula was updated.

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    Source File

    Located in /libs/Utilities/Utilities.php on line 1399.

    2 Hooks

    Find these filters and actions in the source code below to hook into them. Use do_action() and add_filter() in your functions file or plugin.

    Filters
    "pre_nebula_version"
    "nebula_version_appended"
    Need a new filter hook? Request one here.

    Actions
    This function has no action hooks available. Request one?

    Note: This function contains 1 to-do comment.

    PHP
            public function version($return=false){
                $override = apply_filters('pre_nebula_version', null, $return);
                if ( isset($override) ){return $override;}
    
                $appended_version = apply_filters('nebula_version_appended', ''); //Allow others to append an additional version number at the end of Nebula's. This would assist in clearing caches in the parent theme in certain circumstances.
                $appended_version_number = '';
                if ( !empty($appended_version) && substr($appended_version, 0, 1) !== '.' ){ //If it does not start with a dot, add one. //@todo "Nebula" 0: In PHP8 use str_starts_with here
                    $appended_version_number .= '.' . $appended_version;
                }
    
                $return = str_replace(array(' ', '_', '-'), '', strtolower($return));
    
                if ( $return === 'child' && is_child_theme() ){
                    return $this->child_version(); //This version gets appended on its own
                }
    
                //Parse the actual Nebula style.scss file which is closer to real-time than using wp_get_theme() below (which is sufficient for most uses), but is a little more intensive
                if ( $return === 'realtime' ){
                    WP_Filesystem();
                    global $wp_filesystem;
                    $style_scss = $wp_filesystem->get_contents(get_template_directory() . '/assets/scss/style.scss');
                    if ( !empty($style_scss) ){
                        preg_match("/(?:Version: )(?<number>\d+?\.\d+?\.\d+?\.\d+?)$/m", $style_scss, $realtime_version_number);
                        return $realtime_version_number['number']; //Appended version number is not applied to the realtime version
                    }
                }
    
                $nebula_theme_info = ( is_child_theme() )? wp_get_theme(str_replace('-child', '', get_template())) : wp_get_theme(); //Get the parent theme (regardless of if child theme is active)
    
                if ( $return === 'raw' ){ //Check this first to prevent needing to RegEx altogether
                    return $nebula_theme_info->get('Version') . $appended_version_number; //Ex: 7.2.23.8475
                }
    
                preg_match('/(?<primary>(?<major>\d+)\.(?<minor>\d+)\.(?<patch>\d+[a-z]?))\.?(?<build>\d+)?/i', $nebula_theme_info->get('Version'), $nebula_version);
    
                //If the preg_match fails, exit early here
                if ( empty($nebula_version) ){
                    return 0; //May need to return different types based on what $return value is expected... Trying an int for now.
                }
    
                $nebula_version['patch'] = preg_replace('/\D/', '', $nebula_version['patch']); //Remove letters from patch number
    
                $nebula_version_year = ( $nebula_version['minor'] >= 8 )? 2012+$nebula_version['major']+1 : 2012+$nebula_version['major'];
                $nebula_months = array('May', 'June', 'July', 'August', 'September', 'October', 'November', 'December', 'January', 'February', 'March', 'April');
                $nebula_version_month = $nebula_months[$nebula_version['minor']%12]; //Modulo 12 so the version can go beyond 11 (and still match the appropriate month)
                $nebula_version_day = ( empty($nebula_version['patch']) )? '' : $nebula_version['patch'];
                $nebula_version_day_formated = ( empty($nebula_version['patch']) )? ' ' : ' ' . $nebula_version['patch'] . ', ';
    
                $nebula_version_info = array(
                    'full' => $nebula_version[0],
                    'primary' => $nebula_version['primary'],
                    'major' => $nebula_version['major'],
                    'minor' => $nebula_version['minor'],
                    'patch' => $nebula_version['patch'],
                    'build' => ( isset($nebula_version['build']) )? $nebula_version['build'] : false,
                    'appended' =>  $appended_version,
                    'utc' => strtotime($nebula_version_month . $nebula_version_day_formated . $nebula_version_year),
                    'date' => $nebula_version_month . $nebula_version_day_formated . $nebula_version_year,
                    'year' => $nebula_version_year,
                    'month' => $nebula_version_month,
                    'day' => $nebula_version_day,
                );
    
                switch ( $return ){
                    case ('raw'): //Should not ever reach this. See early return above.
                    case ('realtime'): //Probably would not reach this unless Sass is disabled and requesting parent theme realtime version
                        return $nebula_theme_info->get('Version'); //Ex: 7.2.19.8475
                    case ('version'):
                    case ('full'):
                        return $nebula_version_info['full'] . $appended_version; //Ex: 7.2.23.8475 (plus any appended number)
                    case ('primary'):
                        return $nebula_version_info['primary']; //Ex: 7.2.23
                    case ('date'):
                        return $nebula_version_info['date']; //Ex: July 23, 2019
                    case ('time'):
                    case ('utc'):
                        return $nebula_version_info['utc']; //Ex: 1559275200
                    default:
                        return $nebula_version_info;
                }
            }
    

    Override

    To override this PHP function, use this hook in your child theme or plugin ("my_custom" can be changed):

    PHP
    add_filter('pre_nebula_version', 'my_custom_version', 10, 2); //The last integer must be 1 more than the actual parameters
    function my_custom_version($null, $return){ //$null is required, but can be ignored
        //Write your own code here
    
        return true; //Return true to prevent the original function from running afterwords
    }

    You can completely disable this PHP function with a single line actions:

    PHP
     add_filter('pre_nebula_version', '__return_false');