<?php
/**
* Class for efficiently looking up and mapping string keys to string values, with limits.
*
* @package WordPress
* @since 6.6.0
*/
/**
* WP_Token_Map class.
*
* Use this class in specific circumstances with a static set of lookup keys which map to
* a static set of transformed values. For example, this class is used to map HTML named
* character references to their equivalent UTF-8 values.
*
* This class works differently than code calling `in_array()` and other methods. It
* internalizes lookup logic and provides helper interfaces to optimize lookup and
* transformation. It provides a method for precomputing the lookup tables and storing
* them as PHP source code.
*
* All tokens and substitutions must be shorter than 256 bytes.
*
* Example:
*
* $smilies = WP_Token_Map::from_array( array(
* '8O' => '😯',
* ':(' => '🙁',
* ':)' => '🙂',
* ':?' => '😕',
* ) );
*
* true === $smilies->contains( ':)' );
* false === $smilies->contains( 'simile' );
*
* '😕' === $smilies->read_token( 'Not sure :?.', 9, $length_of_smily_syntax );
* 2 === $length_of_smily_syntax;
*
* ## Precomputing the Token Map.
*
* Creating the class involves some work sorting and organizing the tokens and their
* replacement values. In order to skip this, it's possible for the class to export
* its state and be used as actual PHP source code.
*
* Example:
*
* // Export with four spaces as the indent, only for the sake of this docblock.
* // The default indent is a tab character.
* $indent = ' ';
* echo $smilies->precomputed_php_source_table( $indent );
*
* // Output, to be pasted into a PHP source file:
* WP_Token_Map::from_precomputed_table(
* array(
* "storage_version" => "6.6.0",
* "key_length" => 2,
* "groups" => "",
* "long_words" => array(),
* "small_words" => "8O\x00:)\x00:(\x00:?\x00",
* "small_mappings" => array( "😯", "🙂", "🙁", "😕" )
* )
* );
*
* ## Large vs. small words.
*
* This class uses a short prefix called the "key" to optimize lookup of its tokens.
* This means that some tokens may be shorter than or equal in length to that key.
* Those words that are longer than the key are called "large" while those shorter
* than or equal to the key length are called "small."
*
* This separation of large and small words is incidental to the way this class
* optimizes lookup, and should be considered an internal implementation detail
* of the class. It may still be important to be aware of it, however.
*
* ## Determining Key Length.
*
* The choice of the size of the key length should be based on the data being stored in
* the token map. It should divide the data as evenly as possible, but should not create
* so many groups that a large fraction of the groups only contain a single token.
*
* For the HTML5 named character references, a key length of 2 was found to provide a
* sufficient spread and should be a good default for relatively large sets of tokens.
*
* However, for some data sets this might be too long. For example, a list of smilies
* may be too small for a key length of 2. Perhaps 1 would be more appropriate. It's
* best to experiment and determine empirically which values are appropriate.
*
* ## Generate Pre-Computed Source Code.
*
* Since the `WP_Token_Map` is designed for relatively static lookups, it can be
* advantageous to precompute the values and instantiate a table that has already
* sorted and grouped the tokens and built the lookup strings.
*
* This can be done with `WP_Token_Map::precomputed_php_source_table()`.
*
* Note that if there is a leading character that all tokens need, such as `&` for
* HTML named character references, it can be beneficial to exclude this from the
* token map. Instead, find occurrences of the leading character and then use the
* token map to see if the following characters complete the token.
*
* Example:
*
* $map = WP_Token_Map::from_array( array( 'simple_smile:' => '🙂', 'sob:' => '😭', 'soba:' => '🍜' ) );
* echo $map->precomputed_php_source_table();
* // Output
* WP_Token_Map::from_precomputed_table(
* array(
* "storage_version" => "6.6.0",
* "key_length" => 2,
* "groups" => "si\x00so\x00",
* "long_words" => array(
* // simple_smile:[🙂].
* "\x0bmple_smile:\x04🙂",
* // soba:[🍜] sob:[😭].
* "\x03ba:\x04🍜\x02b:\x04😭",
* ),
* "short_words" => "",
* "short_mappings" => array()
* }
* );
*
* This precomputed value can be stored directly in source code and will skip the
* startup cost of generating the lookup strings. See `$html5_named_character_entities`.
*
* Note that any updates to the precomputed format should update the storage version
* constant. It would also be best to provide an update function to take older known
* versions and upgrade them in place when loading into `from_precomputed_table()`.
*
* ## Future Direction.
*
* It may be viable to dynamically increase the length limits such that there's no need to impose them.
* The limit appears because of the packing structure, which indicates how many bytes each segment of
* text in the lookup tables spans. If, however, care were taken to track the longest word length, then
* the packing structure could change its representation to allow for that. Each additional byte storing
* length, however, increases the memory overhead and lookup runtime.
*
* An alternative approach could be to borrow the UTF-8 variable-length encoding and store lengths of less
* than 127 as a single byte with the high bit unset, storing longer lengths as the combination of
* continuation bytes.
*
* Since it has not been shown during the development of this class that longer strings are required, this
* update is deferred until such a need is clear.
*
* @since 6.6.0
*/
class WP_Token_Map {
/**
* Denotes the version of the code which produces pre-computed source tables.
*
* This version will be used not only to verify pre-computed data, but also
* to upgrade pre-computed data from older versions. Choosing a name that
* corresponds to the WordPress release will help people identify where an
* old copy of data came from.
*/
const STORAGE_VERSION = '6.6.0-trunk';
/**
* Maximum length for each key and each transformed value in the table (in bytes).
*
* @since 6.6.0
*/
const MAX_LENGTH = 256;
/**
* How many bytes of each key are used to form a group key for lookup.
* This also determines whether a word is considered short or long.
*
* @since 6.6.0
*
* @var int
*/
private $key_length = 2;
/**
* Stores an optimized form of the word set, where words are grouped
* by a prefix of the `$key_length` and then collapsed into a string.
*
* In each group, the keys and lookups form a packed data structure.
* The keys in the string are stripped of their "group key," which is
* the prefix of length `$this->key_length` shared by all of the items
* in the group. Each word in the string is prefixed by a single byte
* whose raw unsigned integer value represents how many bytes follow.
*
* ┌────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────────────┬────────┐
* │ Length of rest │ Rest of key │ Length of value │ Value │
* │ of key (bytes) │ │ (bytes) │ │
* ├────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────────────┼────────┤
* │ 0x08 │ nterDot; │ 0x02 │ · │
* └────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────────────┴────────┘
*
* In this example, the key `CenterDot;` has a group key `Ce`, leaving
* eight bytes for the rest of the key, `nterDot;`, and two bytes for
* the transformed value `·` (or U+B7 or "\xC2\xB7").
*
* Example:
*
* // Stores array( 'CenterDot;' => '·', 'Cedilla;' => '¸' ).
* $groups = "Ce\x00";
* $large_words = array( "\x08nterDot;\x02·\x06dilla;\x02¸" )
*
* The prefixes appear in the `$groups` string, each followed by a null
* byte. This makes for quick lookup of where in the group string the key
* is found, and then a simple division converts that offset into the index
* in the `$large_words` array where the group string is to be found.
*
* This lookup data structure is designed to optimize cache locality and
* minimize indirect memory reads when matching strings in the set.
*
* @since 6.6.0
*
* @var array
*/
private $large_words = array();
/**
* Stores the group keys for sequential string lookup.
*
* The offset into this string where the group key appears corresponds with the index
* into the group array where the rest of the group string appears. This is an optimization
* to improve cache locality while searching and minimize indirect memory accesses.
*
* @since 6.6.0
*
* @var string
*/
private $groups = '';
/**
* Stores an optimized row of small words, where every entry is
* `$this->key_size + 1` bytes long and zero-extended.
*
* This packing allows for direct lookup of a short word followed
* by the null byte, if extended to `$this->key_size + 1`.
*
* Example:
*
* // Stores array( 'GT', 'LT', 'gt', 'lt' ).
* "GT\x00LT\x00gt\x00lt\x00"
*
* @since 6.6.0
*
* @var string
*/
private $small_words = '';
/**
* Replacements for the small words, in the same order they appear.
*
* With the position of a small word it's possible to index the translation
* directly, as its position in the `$small_words` string corresponds to
* the index of the replacement in the `$small_mapping` array.
*
* Example:
*
* array( '>', '<', '>', '<' )
*
* @since 6.6.0
*
* @var string[]
*/
private $small_mappings = array();
/**
* Create a token map using an associative array of key/value pairs as the input.
*
* Example:
*
* $smilies = WP_Token_Map::from_array( array(
* '8O' => '😯',
* ':(' => '🙁',
* ':)' => '🙂',
* ':?' => '😕',
* ) );
*
* @since 6.6.0
*
* @param array $mappings The keys transform into the values, both are strings.
* @param int $key_length Determines the group key length. Leave at the default value
* of 2 unless there's an empirical reason to change it.
*
* @return WP_Token_Map|null Token map, unless unable to create it.
*/
public static function from_array( array $mappings, int $key_length = 2 ): ?WP_Token_Map {
$map = new WP_Token_Map();
$map->key_length = $key_length;
// Start by grouping words.
$groups = array();
$shorts = array();
foreach ( $mappings as $word => $mapping ) {
if (
self::MAX_LENGTH <= strlen( $word ) ||
self::MAX_LENGTH <= strlen( $mapping )
) {
_doing_it_wrong(
__METHOD__,
sprintf(
/* translators: 1: maximum byte length (a count) */
__( 'Token Map tokens and substitutions must all be shorter than %1$d bytes.' ),
self::MAX_LENGTH
),
'6.6.0'
);
return null;
}
$length = strlen( $word );
if ( $key_length >= $length ) {
$shorts[] = $word;
} else {
$group = substr( $word, 0, $key_length );
if ( ! isset( $groups[ $group ] ) ) {
$groups[ $group ] = array();
}
$groups[ $group ][] = array( substr( $word, $key_length ), $mapping );
}
}
/*
* Sort the words to ensure that no smaller substring of a match masks the full match.
* For example, `Cap` should not match before `CapitalDifferentialD`.
*/
usort( $shorts, 'WP_Token_Map::longest_first_then_alphabetical' );
foreach ( $groups as $group_key => $group ) {
usort(
$groups[ $group_key ],
static function ( array $a, array $b ): int {
return self::longest_first_then_alphabetical( $a[0], $b[0] );
}
);
}
// Finally construct the optimized lookups.
foreach ( $shorts as $word ) {
$map->small_words .= str_pad( $word, $key_length + 1, "\x00", STR_PAD_RIGHT );
$map->small_mappings[] = $mappings[ $word ];
}
$group_keys = array_keys( $groups );
sort( $group_keys );
foreach ( $group_keys as $group ) {
$map->groups .= "{$group}\x00";
$group_string = '';
foreach ( $groups[ $group ] as $group_word ) {
list( $word, $mapping ) = $group_word;
$word_length = pack( 'C', strlen( $word ) );
$mapping_length = pack( 'C', strlen( $mapping ) );
$group_string .= "{$word_length}{$word}{$mapping_length}{$mapping}";
}
$map->large_words[] = $group_string;
}
return $map;
}
/**
* Creates a token map from a pre-computed table.
* This skips the initialization cost of generating the table.
*
* This function should only be used to load data created with
* WP_Token_Map::precomputed_php_source_tag().
*
* @since 6.6.0
*
* @param array $state {
* Stores pre-computed state for directly loading into a Token Map.
*
* @type string $storage_version Which version of the code produced this state.
* @type int $key_length Group key length.
* @type string $groups Group lookup index.
* @type array $large_words Large word groups and packed strings.
* @type string $small_words Small words packed string.
* @type array $small_mappings Small word mappings.
* }
*
* @return WP_Token_Map Map with precomputed data loaded.
*/
public static function from_precomputed_table( $state ): ?WP_Token_Map {
$has_necessary_state = isset(
$state['storage_version'],
$state['key_length'],
$state['groups'],
$state['large_words'],
$state['small_words'],
$state['small_mappings']
);
if ( ! $has_necessary_state ) {
_doing_it_wrong(
__METHOD__,
__( 'Missing required inputs to pre-computed WP_Token_Map.' ),
'6.6.0'
);
return null;
}
if ( self::STORAGE_VERSION !== $state['storage_version'] ) {
_doing_it_wrong(
__METHOD__,
/* translators: 1: version string, 2: version string. */
sprintf( __( 'Loaded version \'%1$s\' incompatible with expected version \'%2$s\'.' ), $state['storage_version'], self::STORAGE_VERSION ),
'6.6.0'
);
return null;
}
$map = new WP_Token_Map();
$map->key_length = $state['key_length'];
$map->groups = $state['groups'];
$map->large_words = $state['large_words'];
$map->small_words = $state['small_words'];
$map->small_mappings = $state['small_mappings'];
return $map;
}
/**
* Indicates if a given word is a lookup key in the map.
*
* Example:
*
* true === $smilies->contains( ':)' );
* false === $smilies->contains( 'simile' );
*
* @since 6.6.0
*
* @param string $word Determine if this word is a lookup key in the map.
* @param string $case_sensitivity Optional. Pass 'ascii-case-insensitive' to ignore ASCII case when matching. Default 'case-sensitive'.
* @return bool Whether there's an entry for the given word in the map.
*/
public function contains( string $word, string $case_sensitivity = 'case-sensitive' ): bool {
$ignore_case = 'ascii-case-insensitive' === $case_sensitivity;
if ( $this->key_length >= strlen( $word ) ) {
if ( 0 === strlen( $this->small_words ) ) {
return false;
}
$term = str_pad( $word, $this->key_length + 1, "\x00", STR_PAD_RIGHT );
$word_at = $ignore_case ? stripos( $this->small_words, $term ) : strpos( $this->small_words, $term );
if ( false === $word_at ) {
return false;
}
return true;
}
$group_key = substr( $word, 0, $this->key_length );
$group_at = $ignore_case ? stripos( $this->groups, $group_key ) : strpos( $this->groups, $group_key );
if ( false === $group_at ) {
return false;
}
$group = $this->large_words[ $group_at / ( $this->key_length + 1 ) ];
$group_length = strlen( $group );
$slug = substr( $word, $this->key_length );
$length = strlen( $slug );
$at = 0;
while ( $at < $group_length ) {
$token_length = unpack( 'C', $group[ $at++ ] )[1];
$token_at = $at;
$at += $token_length;
$mapping_length = unpack( 'C', $group[ $at++ ] )[1];
$mapping_at = $at;
if ( $token_length === $length && 0 === substr_compare( $group, $slug, $token_at, $token_length, $ignore_case ) ) {
return true;
}
$at = $mapping_at + $mapping_length;
}
return false;
}
/**
* If the text starting at a given offset is a lookup key in the map,
* return the corresponding transformation from the map, else `false`.
*
* This function returns the translated string, but accepts an optional
* parameter `$matched_token_byte_length`, which communicates how many
* bytes long the lookup key was, if it found one. This can be used to
* advance a cursor in calling code if a lookup key was found.
*
* Example:
*
* false === $smilies->read_token( 'Not sure :?.', 0, $token_byte_length );
* '😕' === $smilies->read_token( 'Not sure :?.', 9, $token_byte_length );
* 2 === $token_byte_length;
*
* Example:
*
* while ( $at < strlen( $input ) ) {
* $next_at = strpos( $input, ':', $at );
* if ( false === $next_at ) {
* break;
* }
*
* $smily = $smilies->read_token( $input, $next_at, $token_byte_length );
* if ( false === $next_at ) {
* ++$at;
* continue;
* }
*
* $prefix = substr( $input, $at, $next_at - $at );
* $at += $token_byte_length;
* $output .= "{$prefix}{$smily}";
* }
*
* @since 6.6.0
*
* @param string $text String in which to search for a lookup key.
* @param int $offset Optional. How many bytes into the string where the lookup key ought to start. Default 0.
* @param int|null &$matched_token_byte_length Optional. Holds byte-length of found token matched, otherwise not set. Default null.
* @param string $case_sensitivity Optional. Pass 'ascii-case-insensitive' to ignore ASCII case when matching. Default 'case-sensitive'.
*
* @return string|null Mapped value of lookup key if found, otherwise `null`.
*/
public function read_token( string $text, int $offset = 0, &$matched_token_byte_length = null, $case_sensitivity = 'case-sensitive' ): ?string {
$ignore_case = 'ascii-case-insensitive' === $case_sensitivity;
$text_length = strlen( $text );
// Search for a long word first, if the text is long enough, and if that fails, a short one.
if ( $text_length > $this->key_length ) {
$group_key = substr( $text, $offset, $this->key_length );
$group_at = $ignore_case ? stripos( $this->groups, $group_key ) : strpos( $this->groups, $group_key );
if ( false === $group_at ) {
// Perhaps a short word then.
return strlen( $this->small_words ) > 0
? $this->read_small_token( $text, $offset, $matched_token_byte_length, $case_sensitivity )
: null;
}
$group = $this->large_words[ $group_at / ( $this->key_length + 1 ) ];
$group_length = strlen( $group );
$at = 0;
while ( $at < $group_length ) {
$token_length = unpack( 'C', $group[ $at++ ] )[1];
$token = substr( $group, $at, $token_length );
$at += $token_length;
$mapping_length = unpack( 'C', $group[ $at++ ] )[1];
$mapping_at = $at;
if ( 0 === substr_compare( $text, $token, $offset + $this->key_length, $token_length, $ignore_case ) ) {
$matched_token_byte_length = $this->key_length + $token_length;
return substr( $group, $mapping_at, $mapping_length );
}
$at = $mapping_at + $mapping_length;
}
}
// Perhaps a short word then.
return strlen( $this->small_words ) > 0
? $this->read_small_token( $text, $offset, $matched_token_byte_length, $case_sensitivity )
: null;
}
/**
* Finds a match for a short word at the index.
*
* @since 6.6.0
*
* @param string $text String in which to search for a lookup key.
* @param int $offset Optional. How many bytes into the string where the lookup key ought to start. Default 0.
* @param int|null &$matched_token_byte_length Optional. Holds byte-length of found lookup key if matched, otherwise not set. Default null.
* @param string $case_sensitivity Optional. Pass 'ascii-case-insensitive' to ignore ASCII case when matching. Default 'case-sensitive'.
*
* @return string|null Mapped value of lookup key if found, otherwise `null`.
*/
private function read_small_token( string $text, int $offset = 0, &$matched_token_byte_length = null, $case_sensitivity = 'case-sensitive' ): ?string {
$ignore_case = 'ascii-case-insensitive' === $case_sensitivity;
$small_length = strlen( $this->small_words );
$search_text = substr( $text, $offset, $this->key_length );
if ( $ignore_case ) {
$search_text = strtoupper( $search_text );
}
$starting_char = $search_text[0];
$at = 0;
while ( $at < $small_length ) {
if (
$starting_char !== $this->small_words[ $at ] &&
( ! $ignore_case || strtoupper( $this->small_words[ $at ] ) !== $starting_char )
) {
$at += $this->key_length + 1;
continue;
}
for ( $adjust = 1; $adjust < $this->key_length; $adjust++ ) {
if ( "\x00" === $this->small_words[ $at + $adjust ] ) {
$matched_token_byte_length = $adjust;
return $this->small_mappings[ $at / ( $this->key_length + 1 ) ];
}
if (
$search_text[ $adjust ] !== $this->small_words[ $at + $adjust ] &&
( ! $ignore_case || strtoupper( $this->small_words[ $at + $adjust ] !== $search_text[ $adjust ] ) )
) {
$at += $this->key_length + 1;
continue 2;
}
}
$matched_token_byte_length = $adjust;
return $this->small_mappings[ $at / ( $this->key_length + 1 ) ];
}
return null;
}
/**
* Exports the token map into an associate array of key/value pairs.
*
* Example:
*
* $smilies->to_array() === array(
* '8O' => '😯',
* ':(' => '🙁',
* ':)' => '🙂',
* ':?' => '😕',
* );
*
* @return array The lookup key/substitution values as an associate array.
*/
public function to_array(): array {
$tokens = array();
$at = 0;
$small_mapping = 0;
$small_length = strlen( $this->small_words );
while ( $at < $small_length ) {
$key = rtrim( substr( $this->small_words, $at, $this->key_length + 1 ), "\x00" );
$value = $this->small_mappings[ $small_mapping++ ];
$tokens[ $key ] = $value;
$at += $this->key_length + 1;
}
foreach ( $this->large_words as $index => $group ) {
$prefix = substr( $this->groups, $index * ( $this->key_length + 1 ), 2 );
$group_length = strlen( $group );
$at = 0;
while ( $at < $group_length ) {
$length = unpack( 'C', $group[ $at++ ] )[1];
$key = $prefix . substr( $group, $at, $length );
$at += $length;
$length = unpack( 'C', $group[ $at++ ] )[1];
$value = substr( $group, $at, $length );
$tokens[ $key ] = $value;
$at += $length;
}
}
return $tokens;
}
/**
* Export the token map for quick loading in PHP source code.
*
* This function has a specific purpose, to make loading of static token maps fast.
* It's used to ensure that the HTML character reference lookups add a minimal cost
* to initializing the PHP process.
*
* Example:
*
* echo $smilies->precomputed_php_source_table();
*
* // Output.
* WP_Token_Map::from_precomputed_table(
* array(
* "storage_version" => "6.6.0",
* "key_length" => 2,
* "groups" => "",
* "long_words" => array(),
* "small_words" => "8O\x00:)\x00:(\x00:?\x00",
* "small_mappings" => array( "😯", "🙂", "🙁", "😕" )
* )
* );
*
* @since 6.6.0
*
* @param string $indent Optional. Use this string for indentation, or rely on the default horizontal tab character. Default "\t".
* @return string Value which can be pasted into a PHP source file for quick loading of table.
*/
public function precomputed_php_source_table( string $indent = "\t" ): string {
$i1 = $indent;
$i2 = $i1 . $indent;
$i3 = $i2 . $indent;
$class_version = self::STORAGE_VERSION;
$output = self::class . "::from_precomputed_table(\n";
$output .= "{$i1}array(\n";
$output .= "{$i2}\"storage_version\" => \"{$class_version}\",\n";
$output .= "{$i2}\"key_length\" => {$this->key_length},\n";
$group_line = str_replace( "\x00", "\\x00", $this->groups );
$output .= "{$i2}\"groups\" => \"{$group_line}\",\n";
$output .= "{$i2}\"large_words\" => array(\n";
$prefixes = explode( "\x00", $this->groups );
foreach ( $prefixes as $index => $prefix ) {
if ( '' === $prefix ) {
break;
}
$group = $this->large_words[ $index ];
$group_length = strlen( $group );
$comment_line = "{$i3}//";
$data_line = "{$i3}\"";
$at = 0;
while ( $at < $group_length ) {
$token_length = unpack( 'C', $group[ $at++ ] )[1];
$token = substr( $group, $at, $token_length );
$at += $token_length;
$mapping_length = unpack( 'C', $group[ $at++ ] )[1];
$mapping = substr( $group, $at, $mapping_length );
$at += $mapping_length;
$token_digits = str_pad( dechex( $token_length ), 2, '0', STR_PAD_LEFT );
$mapping_digits = str_pad( dechex( $mapping_length ), 2, '0', STR_PAD_LEFT );
$mapping = preg_replace_callback(
"~[\\x00-\\x1f\\x22\\x5c]~",
static function ( $match_result ) {
switch ( $match_result[0] ) {
case '"':
return '\\"';
case '\\':
return '\\\\';
default:
$hex = dechex( ord( $match_result[0] ) );
return "\\x{$hex}";
}
},
$mapping
);
$comment_line .= " {$prefix}{$token}[{$mapping}]";
$data_line .= "\\x{$token_digits}{$token}\\x{$mapping_digits}{$mapping}";
}
$comment_line .= ".\n";
$data_line .= "\",\n";
$output .= $comment_line;
$output .= $data_line;
}
$output .= "{$i2}),\n";
$small_words = array();
$small_length = strlen( $this->small_words );
$at = 0;
while ( $at < $small_length ) {
$small_words[] = substr( $this->small_words, $at, $this->key_length + 1 );
$at += $this->key_length + 1;
}
$small_text = str_replace( "\x00", '\x00', implode( '', $small_words ) );
$output .= "{$i2}\"small_words\" => \"{$small_text}\",\n";
$output .= "{$i2}\"small_mappings\" => array(\n";
foreach ( $this->small_mappings as $mapping ) {
$output .= "{$i3}\"{$mapping}\",\n";
}
$output .= "{$i2})\n";
$output .= "{$i1})\n";
$output .= ')';
return $output;
}
/**
* Compares two strings, returning the longest, or whichever
* is first alphabetically if they are the same length.
*
* This is an important sort when building the token map because
* it should not form a match on a substring of a longer potential
* match. For example, it should not detect `Cap` when matching
* against the string `CapitalDifferentialD`.
*
* @since 6.6.0
*
* @param string $a First string to compare.
* @param string $b Second string to compare.
* @return int -1 or lower if `$a` is less than `$b`; 1 or greater if `$a` is greater than `$b`, and 0 if they are equal.
*/
private static function longest_first_then_alphabetical( string $a, string $b ): int {
if ( $a === $b ) {
return 0;
}
$length_a = strlen( $a );
$length_b = strlen( $b );
// Longer strings are less-than for comparison's sake.
if ( $length_a !== $length_b ) {
return $length_b - $length_a;
}
return strcmp( $a, $b );
}
}