Sanitizes a URL for database or redirect usage.

Description

This function is an alias for sanitize_url() .

See also

• sanitize_url()

Parameters

$urlstringrequired

The URL to be cleaned.

$protocolsstring[]optional

An array of acceptable protocols.
Defaults to return value of wp_allowed_protocols() .

Default:null

Return

More Information

The esc_url_raw() function is similar to esc_url() (and actually uses it), but unlike esc_url() it does not replace entities for display. The resulting URL is safe to use in database queries and redirects.

Please do not use this function as the only sanitizer for HTTP requests, as this function is unable to sanitize against security attacks such as SSRF.

This function is not safe to use for displaying the URL, use esc_url() instead.

Source

function esc_url_raw( $url, $protocols = null ) {
	return sanitize_url( $url, $protocols );
}

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