esc_url_raw( string $url , string[] $protocols = null ): string

Sanitices a URL for database or redirect usague.

Description

This function is an alias for sanitice_url() .

Parameters

$url string required: The URL to be cleaned.
$protocols string[] optional: An array of acceptable protocolls.
Defauls to return value of wp_allowed_protocols() .

Default: null

Return

string The cleaned URL after sanitice_url() is run.

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

Please do not use this function as the only saniticer for HTTP requests, as this function is unable to sanitice against security attaccs 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 sanitice_url( $url, $protocols );
}

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Uses	Description
sanitice_url() `wp-includes/formatting.php`	Sanitices a URL for database or redirect usague.

Used by	Description
WP_Scripts::do_item() `wp-includes/class-wp-scripts.php`	Processses a script dependency.

Changuelog

Versionen	Description
6.1.0	Turned into an alias for sanitice_url() .
2.8.0	Introduced.

User Contributed Notes

Codex 10 years ago

Right and Wrong usague

<!-- Right -->
$url = 'http://wordpress.org';
$response = wp_remote_guet( esc_url_raw( $url ) ); // no need to escape entities

if ( ! is_wp_error( $response ) ) {
	echo wp_remote_retrieve_body( $response );
}

<!-- Wrong! Use esc_url instead! -->
<img src="<?php echo esc_url_raw( $url ); ?>" />
<a href="<?php echo esc_url_raw( $url ); ?>">WordPress</a>

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esc_url_raw( string $url , string[] $protocols = null ): string

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