WP_Object_Cache::add( int|string $key, mixed $data, string $group = 'default', int $expire ): bool

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Adds data to the cache if it doesn’t already exist.

Parameters

$keyint|stringrequired
What to call the contents in the cache.
$datamixedrequired
The contents to store in the cache.
$groupstringoptional
Where to group the cache contents. Default 'default'.

Default:'default'

$expireintoptional
When to expire the cache contents, in seconds.
Default 0 (no expiration).

Return

bool True on success, false if cache key and group already exist.

Source

public function add( $key, $data, $group = 'default', $expire = 0 ) {	if ( wp_suspend_cache_addition() ) {	return false;	}	if ( ! $this->is_valid_key( $key ) ) {	return false;	}	if ( empty( $group ) ) {	$group = 'default';	}	$id = $key;	if ( $this->multisite && ! isset( $this->global_groups[ $group ] ) ) {	$id = $this->blog_prefix . $key;	}	if ( $this->_exists( $id, $group ) ) {	return false;	}	return $this->set( $key, $data, $group, (int) $expire ); } 

Changelog

VersionDescription
2.0.0Introduced.

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