set_url_scheme( string $url, string|null $scheme = null )

Sets the scheme for a URL.


Parameters

$url

(string) (Required) Absolute URL that includes a scheme

$scheme

(string|null) (Optional) Scheme to give $url. Currently 'http', 'https', 'login', 'login_post', 'admin', 'relative', 'rest', 'rpc', or null.

Default value: null


Return

(string) $url URL with chosen scheme.


Source

File: wp-includes/link-template.php

function set_url_scheme( $url, $scheme = null ) {
	$orig_scheme = $scheme;

	if ( ! $scheme ) {
		$scheme = is_ssl() ? 'https' : 'http';
	} elseif ( $scheme === 'admin' || $scheme === 'login' || $scheme === 'login_post' || $scheme === 'rpc' ) {
		$scheme = is_ssl() || force_ssl_admin() ? 'https' : 'http';
	} elseif ( $scheme !== 'http' && $scheme !== 'https' && $scheme !== 'relative' ) {
		$scheme = is_ssl() ? 'https' : 'http';
	}

	$url = trim( $url );
	if ( substr( $url, 0, 2 ) === '//' )
		$url = 'http:' . $url;

	if ( 'relative' == $scheme ) {
		$url = ltrim( preg_replace( '#^\w+://[^/]*#', '', $url ) );
		if ( $url !== '' && $url[0] === '/' )
			$url = '/' . ltrim($url , "/ \t\n\r\0\x0B" );
	} else {
		$url = preg_replace( '#^\w+://#', $scheme . '://', $url );
	}

	/**
	 * Filters the resulting URL after setting the scheme.
	 *
	 * @since WP-3.4.0
	 *
	 * @param string      $url         The complete URL including scheme and path.
	 * @param string      $scheme      Scheme applied to the URL. One of 'http', 'https', or 'relative'.
	 * @param string|null $orig_scheme Scheme requested for the URL. One of 'http', 'https', 'login',
	 *                                 'login_post', 'admin', 'relative', 'rest', 'rpc', or null.
	 */
	return apply_filters( 'set_url_scheme', $url, $scheme, $orig_scheme );
}


Changelog

Changelog
Version Description
WP-4.4.0 The 'rest' scheme was added.
WP-3.4.0 Introduced.