wp_parse_url( string $url, int $component = -1 )

A wrapper for PHP’s parse_url() function that handles consistency in the return values across PHP versions.

Description

PHP 5.4.7 expanded parse_url()’s ability to handle non-absolute url’s, including schemeless and relative url’s with :// in the path. This function works around those limitations providing a standard output on PHP 5.2~5.4+.

Secondly, across various PHP versions, schemeless URLs starting containing a ":" in the query are being handled inconsistently. This function works around those differences as well.

Parameters

$url

(string) (Required) The URL to parse.

$component

(int) (Optional) The specific component to retrieve. Use one of the PHP predefined constants to specify which one. Defaults to -1 (= return all parts as an array).

Default value: -1

Return

(mixed) False on parse failure; Array of URL components on success; When a specific component has been requested: null if the component doesn't exist in the given URL; a string or

  • in the case of PHP_URL_PORT
  • integer when it does. See parse_url()'s return values.

Source

File: wp-includes/http.php 

function wp_parse_url( $url, $component = -1 ) {
	$to_unset = array();
	$url      = (string) $url;

	if ( '//' === substr( $url, 0, 2 ) ) {
		$to_unset[] = 'scheme';
		$url        = 'placeholder:' . $url;
	} elseif ( '/' === substr( $url, 0, 1 ) ) {
		$to_unset[] = 'scheme';
		$to_unset[] = 'host';
		$url        = 'placeholder://placeholder' . $url;
	}

	$parts = parse_url( $url );

	if ( false === $parts ) {
		// Parsing failure.
		return $parts;
	}

	// Remove the placeholder values.
	foreach ( $to_unset as $key ) {
		unset( $parts[ $key ] );
	}

	return _get_component_from_parsed_url_array( $parts, $component );
}

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wp-includes/https-migration.php: wp_should_replace_insecure_home_url()

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wp-includes/embed.php: get_oembed_response_data_for_url()

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wp-includes/class-wp-customize-manager.php: WP_Customize_Manager::is_cross_domain()

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wp-includes/ms-functions.php: wpmu_welcome_user_notification()

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wp-includes/ms-functions.php: wpmu_welcome_notification()

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wp-includes/ms-functions.php: wpmu_signup_blog_notification()

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Send a confirmation request email to a user when they sign up for a new user account (without signing up for a site at the same time). The user account will not become active until the confirmation link is clicked.

Changelog

Version Description
4.7.0 The $component parameter was added for parity with PHP's parse_url().
4.4.0 Introduced.

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