Title: get_network_by_path
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# get_network_by_path( string $domain, string $path, int|null $segments = null ): 󠀁[WP_Network](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_network/)󠁿|false

## In this article

 * [Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_network_by_path/?output_format=md#description)
 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_network_by_path/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_network_by_path/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_network_by_path/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_network_by_path/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_network_by_path/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Retrieves the closest matching network for a domain and path.

## 󠀁[Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_network_by_path/?output_format=md#description)󠁿

{@internal In 4.4.0, converted to a wrapper for [WP_Network::get_by_path()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_network/get_by_path/)}

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_network_by_path/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$domain`stringrequired

Domain to check.

`$path`stringrequired

Path to check.

`$segments`int|nulloptional

Path segments to use. Defaults to null, or the full path.

Default:`null`

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_network_by_path/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 [WP_Network](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_network/)|false
Network object if successful. False when no network is found.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_network_by_path/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    function get_network_by_path( $domain, $path, $segments = null ) {
    	return WP_Network::get_by_path( $domain, $path, $segments );
    }
    ```

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[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/ms-load.php#L141-L143)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_network_by_path/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [WP_Network::get_by_path()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_network/get_by_path/)`wp-includes/class-wp-network.php` |

Retrieves the closest matching network for a domain and path.

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_network_by_path/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [3.9.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/3.9.0/) | Introduced. |

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