Extracts and returns the first URL from passed content.

$content string Required

A string which might contain a URL.

string|false The found URL.

File: wp-includes/formatting.php. View all references

function get_url_in_content( $content ) {
	if ( empty( $content ) ) {
		return false;
	}

	if ( preg_match( '/<a\s[^>]*?href=([\'"])(.+?)\1/is', $content, $matches ) ) {
		return sanitize_url( $matches[2] );
	}

	return false;
}