Marks the post as currently being edited by the current user.

Parameters

$postint|WP_Postrequired

ID or object of the post being edited.

Return

• 0 int
  The current time as a Unix timestamp.
• 1 int
  The ID of the current user.

Source

function wp_set_post_lock( $post ) {
	$post = get_post( $post );

	if ( ! $post ) {
		return false;
	}

	$user_id = get_current_user_id();

	if ( 0 === $user_id ) {
		return false;
	}

	$now  = time();
	$lock = "$now:$user_id";

	update_post_meta( $post->ID, '_edit_lock', $lock );

	return array( $now, $user_id );
}

View all references View on Trac View on GitHub

Changelog