trackback( string $trackback_url, string $title, string $excerpt, int $ID )

Send a Trackback.


Description

Updates database when sending trackback to prevent duplicates.


Parameters

$trackback_url

(string) (Required) URL to send trackbacks.

$title

(string) (Required) Title of post.

$excerpt

(string) (Required) Excerpt of post.

$ID

(int) (Required) Post ID.


Return

(int|false|void) Database query from update.


Source

File: wp-includes/comment.php

function trackback($trackback_url, $title, $excerpt, $ID) {
	global $wpdb;

	if ( empty($trackback_url) )
		return;

	$options = array();
	$options['timeout'] = 10;
	$options['body'] = array(
		'title' => $title,
		'url' => get_permalink($ID),
		'blog_name' => get_option('blogname'),
		'excerpt' => $excerpt
	);

	$response = wp_safe_remote_post( $trackback_url, $options );

	if ( is_wp_error( $response ) )
		return;

	$wpdb->query( $wpdb->prepare("UPDATE $wpdb->posts SET pinged = CONCAT(pinged, '\n', %s) WHERE ID = %d", $trackback_url, $ID) );
	return $wpdb->query( $wpdb->prepare("UPDATE $wpdb->posts SET to_ping = TRIM(REPLACE(to_ping, %s, '')) WHERE ID = %d", $trackback_url, $ID) );
}


Changelog

Changelog
Version Description
WP-0.71 Introduced.