get_url_in_content() │ WP 3.6.0

Extracts and returns the first URL from passed content.

No Hooks.

Return

String|false. The found URL.

Usage

get_url_in_content( $content );

$content(string) (required)

A string which might contain a URL.

Changelog

get_url_in_content() get url in content code ^{WP 6.5.2}

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;
}