url_shorten() WP 1.0

Shorten a URL, to be used as link text.

No Hooks.

Return

String. Shortened URL.

Usage

url_shorten( $url, $length );

$url(string) (required)

URL to shorten.

$length(int)

Maximum length of the shortened URL.
Default: 35 characters

Changelog

Code of url_shorten() url shorten ^{WP 5.8.1}

function url_shorten( $url, $length = 35 ) {
	$stripped  = str_replace( array( 'https://', 'http://', 'www.' ), '', $url );
	$short_url = untrailingslashit( $stripped );

	if ( strlen( $short_url ) > $length ) {
		$short_url = substr( $short_url, 0, $length - 3 ) . '…';
	}
	return $short_url;
}

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