This function’s access is marked private. This means it is not intended for use by plugin or theme developers, only in other core functions. It is listed here for completeness.

_remove_qs_args_if_not_in_url( string $query_string, array $args_to_check, string $url )

Removes arguments from a query string if they are not present in a URL DO NOT use this in plugin code.


Parameters

$query_string

(string) (Required)

$args_to_check

(array) (Required)

$url

(string) (Required)


Return

(string) The altered query string


Source

File: wp-includes/canonical.php

function _remove_qs_args_if_not_in_url( $query_string, Array $args_to_check, $url ) {
	$parsed_url = @parse_url( $url );
	if ( ! empty( $parsed_url['query'] ) ) {
		parse_str( $parsed_url['query'], $parsed_query );
		foreach ( $args_to_check as $qv ) {
			if ( !isset( $parsed_query[$qv] ) )
				$query_string = remove_query_arg( $qv, $query_string );
		}
	} else {
		$query_string = remove_query_arg( $args_to_check, $query_string );
	}
	return $query_string;
}


Changelog

Changelog
Version Description
WP-3.4.0 Introduced.