wp_get_nav_menu_items()

wp_get_nav_menu_items( int|string|WP_Term $menu, array $args = array() ): array|false

function wp_get_nav_menu_items( $menu, $args = array() ) {
	$menu = wp_get_nav_menu_object( $menu );

	if ( ! $menu ) {
		return false;
	}

	if ( ! taxonomy_exists( 'nav_menu' ) ) {
		return false;
	}

	$defaults = array(
		'order'                  => 'ASC',
		'orderby'                => 'menu_order',
		'post_type'              => 'nav_menu_item',
		'post_status'            => 'publish',
		'output'                 => ARRAY_A,
		'output_key'             => 'menu_order',
		'nopaging'               => true,
		'update_menu_item_cache' => true,
		'tax_query'              => array(
			array(
				'taxonomy' => 'nav_menu',
				'field'    => 'term_taxonomy_id',
				'terms'    => $menu->term_taxonomy_id,
			),
		),
	);
	$args     = wp_parse_args( $args, $defaults );
	if ( $menu->count > 0 ) {
		$items = get_posts( $args );
	} else {
		$items = array();
	}

	$items = array_map( 'wp_setup_nav_menu_item', $items );

	if ( ! is_admin() ) { // Remove invalid items only on front end.
		$items = array_filter( $items, '_is_valid_nav_menu_item' );
	}

	if ( ARRAY_A === $args['output'] ) {
		$items = wp_list_sort(
			$items,
			array(
				$args['output_key'] => 'ASC',
			)
		);

		$i = 1;

		foreach ( $items as $k => $item ) {
			$items[ $k ]->{$args['output_key']} = $i++;
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Filters the navigation menu items being returned.
	 *
	 * @since 3.0.0
	 *
	 * @param array  $items An array of menu item post objects.
	 * @param object $menu  The menu object.
	 * @param array  $args  An array of arguments used to retrieve menu item objects.
	 */
	return apply_filters( 'wp_get_nav_menu_items', $items, $menu, $args );
}