[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #30180: wp_get_attachment_image_src does not return alt or meta

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#30180: wp_get_attachment_image_src does not return alt or meta
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 Reporter:  joedolson                            |       Owner:  joedolson
     Type:  enhancement                          |      Status:  accepted
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  5.2
Component:  Media                                |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                               |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch has-unit-tests 2nd-        |     Focuses:
  opinion                                        |  accessibility
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Comment (by ryanshoover):

 @afercia We made the call to go with a new function for getting the alt
 text because of limitations in `wp_get_attachment_image_src`. As
 @joemcgill points out, the function's name doesn't lend itself to getting
 extra information about an image other than its `src` attribute.
 Additionally, it returns results in an indexed array where the developer
 has to know which "magic number" index attribute refers to which property.

 In terms of expanding the current function vs adding a new one - any
 developer looking get the alt attribute from this ticket's specs will need
 to write new code anyway. I don't see it as a big leap to ask them to use
 a new function, rather than have them look for a 4th entry in
 `wp_get_attachment_image_src`.

 Is there a chance that expanding the return value of
 `wp_get_attachment_image_src` may break poorly written code? If someone is
 simply looping through the results to generate their image tag, we may
 inadvertantly break their tag generation with a 4th option.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/30180#comment:42>
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