Source
File: wp-includes/formatting.php
function _make_url_clickable_cb( $matches ) {
$url = $matches[2];
if ( ')' === $matches[3] && strpos( $url, '(' ) ) {
// If the trailing character is a closing parethesis, and the URL has an opening parenthesis in it,
// add the closing parenthesis to the URL. Then we can let the parenthesis balancer do its thing below.
$url .= $matches[3];
$suffix = '';
} else {
$suffix = $matches[3];
}
// Include parentheses in the URL only if paired.
while ( substr_count( $url, '(' ) < substr_count( $url, ')' ) ) {
$suffix = strrchr( $url, ')' ) . $suffix;
$url = substr( $url, 0, strrpos( $url, ')' ) );
}
$url = esc_url( $url );
if ( empty( $url ) ) {
return $matches[0];
}
if ( 'comment_text' === current_filter() ) {
$rel = 'nofollow ugc';
} else {
$rel = 'nofollow';
}
/**
* Filters the rel value that is added to URL matches converted to links.
*
* @since 5.3.0
*
* @param string $rel The rel value.
* @param string $url The matched URL being converted to a link tag.
*/
$rel = apply_filters( 'make_clickable_rel', $rel, $url );
$rel = esc_attr( $rel );
return $matches[1] . "<a href=\"$url\" rel=\"$rel\">$url</a>" . $suffix;
}