Add filter unless it is being called under specific function

Question

I want to add a filter ... but not if it that filter is called by a specific function. Here's a simplified example:

<?php

add_filter( 'get_the_excerpt', 'wp_trim_excerpt' );
function wp_trim_excerpt( $text ) {

    $text = apply_filters( 'the_content', $text );

    return $text;

}

add_filter( 'the_content', 'my_content_filter' );
function my_content_filter( $content ) {

    // my code that modifies $content

    return $content;

}

Is there any way to check if my_content_filter is being initiated by wp_trim_excerpt before running my code?

EDIT: The core function wp_trim_excerpt is in play here, so I'd rather not alter the function if possible. Above I simplified it to the most pertinent part.

Answer 1

WordPress only holds the hooks information in global $wp_filter so you can check if a hook is registered with some specified function or not. you can also use function has_filter.

But I guess you can not check that, it has been called or not on some specific execution point.

But you can do this with PHP using global variable.

Check this code

add_filter( 'get_the_excerpt', 'my_trim_excerpt' );
function my_trim_excerpt($text) {
    global $filter_applied;
    $filter_applied = true;

    $text = wp_trim_excerpt($text);

    return $text;
}

add_filter( 'the_content', 'my_content_filter' );
function my_content_filter( $content ) {
    global $filter_applied;

    if (isset($filter_applied) && $filter_applied === true) {
        //Your code when wp_trim_excerpt is already called.
    }

    //my code that modifies $content

    return $content;
}

Here I am using a global variable $filter_applied and modifying value on wp_trim_excerpt then checking it on my_content_filter

Answer 2

Here's what I ended up doing:

<?php

add_filter( 'get_the_excerpt', 'wp_trim_excerpt' );
function wp_trim_excerpt( $text ) {

    remove_filter( 'the_content', 'my_content_filter' );
    $text = apply_filters( 'the_content', $text );
    add_filter( 'the_content', 'my_content_filter' );

    return $text;

}

add_filter( 'the_content', 'my_content_filter' );
function my_content_filter( $content ) {

    // my code that modifies $content

    return $content;

}

I didn't want to directly edit the wp_trim_excerpt function because it's a core WordPress function (I simplified it for clarity here). However, I couldn't figure out any other great way to do this. So I removed the original get_the_excerpt filter that's in the WordPress core, then duplicated the function in my theme files, and made the edits then reapplied the filter.