get_url_in_content() – Function | Developer.WordPress.org

get_url_in_content( string $content ): string|false

Extracts and returns the first URL from passed content.

Parameters

$contentstringrequired: A string which might contain a URL.

Return

string|false The found URL.

Source

function get_url_in_content( $content ) {
	if ( empty( $content ) ) {
		return false;
	}

	if ( preg_match( '/<a\s[^>]*?href=([\'"])(.+?)\1/is', $content, $matches ) ) {
		return sanitize_url( $matches[2] );
	}

	return false;
}

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Uses	Description
sanitize_url()`wp-includes/formatting.php`	Sanitizes a URL for database or redirect usage.

Changelog

Version	Description
3.6.0	Introduced.

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