remove_query_arg( string|string[] $key, false|string $query = false ): string

Removes an item or items from a query string.

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Parameters

$key string|string[] Required
Query key or keys to remove.
$query false|string Optional
When false uses the current URL.

Default: false

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Return

string New URL query string.

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Source

File: wp-includes/functions.php. View all references 

function remove_query_arg( $key, $query = false ) {
	if ( is_array( $key ) ) { // Removing multiple keys.
		foreach ( $key as $k ) {
			$query = add_query_arg( $k, false, $query );
		}
		return $query;
	}
	return add_query_arg( $key, false, $query );
}

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1.5.0 Introduced.

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User Contributed Notes

  1. Skip to note 1 content
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    Contributed by Codex —

    Assuming we’re at the WordPress URL “http://www.example.com/client/?details=value1&type=value2&date=value3″…

    Note the use of esc_url() before outputting the link.

    // This would output '/client/?type=value2&date=value3'
echo esc_url( remove_query_arg( 'details' ) );

// This would output '/client/'
$arr_params = array( 'details', 'type', 'date');
echo esc_url( remove_query_arg( $arr_params ) );
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    Contributed by Codex —

    When you want to manipulate a URL that is not of the page your script is in, add the targeted URL in the second parameter as below. The use of esc_url() is not required here (though encouraged), because the value is known to be safe:

    // This would output 'http://www.example.com/2014/03/11/'
echo esc_url( remove_query_arg( 'details',  'http://www.example.com/2014/03/11/?details=value1' ) );

// This would output 'http://www.example.com/2014/03/11/?type=value2&date=value3'
echo esc_url( remove_query_arg( 'details',  'http://www.example.com/2014/03/11/?details=value1&type=value2&date=value3' ) );

// This would output 'http://www.example.com/2014/03/11/'
$arr_params = array( 'details', 'type', 'date');
echo esc_url( remove_query_arg( $arr_params, 'http://www.example.com/2014/03/11/?details=value1&type=value2&date=value3' ) );

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