urlencode_deep() │ WP 2.2.0

Navigates through an array, object, or scalar, and encodes the values to be used in a URL.

Uses: map_deep()
1 time — 0.000011 sec (very fast) | 50000 times — 0.02 sec (speed of light) | PHP 7.0.8, WP 4.6.1

No Hooks.

Return

Mixed. The encoded value.

Usage

urlencode_deep( $value );
$value(mixed) (required)
The array or string to be encoded.

Examples

0

#1 Examples of URL encoding in an array 

$arr = array(
	'url'  => 'http://example.com/one',
	'url2' => 'http://example.com/two',
	'url_arr' => array(
		'url' => 'http://example.com/three',
	),
);

$arr = urlencode_deep( $arr );

print_r( $arr );

/* We get:
Array
(
	[url] => http%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%2Fone
	[url2] => http%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%2Ftwo
	[url_arr] => Array
		(
			[url] => http%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%2Fthree
		)

)
*/
0

#2 It can also be used instead of urlencode() 

echo urlencode_deep( 'http://example.com/one' );
// http%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%2Fone

echo urlencode( 'http://example.com/one' );
// http%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%2Fone

Changelog

Since 2.2.0 Introduced.

Code of urlencode_deep() WP 6.0

wp-includes/formatting.php 
function urlencode_deep( $value ) {
	return map_deep( $value, 'urlencode' );
}

esc_ (clean validate sanitize)

Helper Functions