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DocBlock for hooks not parsed correctly in some cases

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
php
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Start by reproducing the issue with the two PHP snippets in the issue and trace how hook DocBlocks are parsed. Done means the inline @since 1.2.3 tag is associated with the imported hook, while @since tags from the file-level DocBlock are not.

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Description

While parsing the source for a plugin, I came across a case where the DocBlock for a hook isn't parsed correctly.

The code contains the following:

/**
 * Filters the filename to be required.
 *
 * @since 1.2.3
 *
 * @param string $filename The filename to require.
 */
require apply_filters( 'my-filter', 'some filename' );

The hook gets imported (including the description), but for some reason the @since tag is not. Instead, @since tags from the file-level DocBlock are associated with the hook.

Changing the code to the equivalent:

/**
 * Filters the filename to be required.
 *
 * @since 1.2.3
 *
 * @param string $filename The filename to require.
 */
$filename = apply_filters( 'my-filter', 'some filename' );
require $filename;

works just fine.

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