get_url_in_content( string $content ): string|false

Parameters

$contentstring

A string which might contain a URL.

Return

string|false

The found URL.

Uses · 1

• sanitize_url()Sanitizes a URL for database or redirect usage.

Used by · 3

• twentyeleven_get_first_url()Return the first link from the post content. If none found, the post permalink is used as a fallback.
• twentyfifteen_get_link_url()Return the post URL.
• twentythirteen_get_link_url()Return the post URL.

Source

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5790function get_url_in_content( $content ) {5791	if ( empty( $content ) ) {5792		return false;5793	}5794 5795	if ( preg_match( '/<a\s[^>]*?href=([\'"])(.+?)\1/is', $content, $matches ) ) {5796		return sanitize_url( $matches[2] );5797	}5798 5799	return false;5800}

History

Introduced in 3.6.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.

1. 6.7.7
2. 6.8.8
3. 6.9.7
4. 7.0.4
5. 7.1.0

Signature, return type and hooks compared across 5 parsed releases.

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