wp_sanitize_redirect( string $location )

Sanitizes a URL for use in a redirect.


Parameters

$location

(string) (Required) The path to redirect to.


Return

(string) Redirect-sanitized URL.


Source

File: wp-includes/pluggable.php

function wp_sanitize_redirect($location) {
	$regex = '/
		(
			(?: [\xC2-\xDF][\x80-\xBF]        # double-byte sequences   110xxxxx 10xxxxxx
			|   \xE0[\xA0-\xBF][\x80-\xBF]    # triple-byte sequences   1110xxxx 10xxxxxx * 2
			|   [\xE1-\xEC][\x80-\xBF]{2}
			|   \xED[\x80-\x9F][\x80-\xBF]
			|   [\xEE-\xEF][\x80-\xBF]{2}
			|   \xF0[\x90-\xBF][\x80-\xBF]{2} # four-byte sequences   11110xxx 10xxxxxx * 3
			|   [\xF1-\xF3][\x80-\xBF]{3}
			|   \xF4[\x80-\x8F][\x80-\xBF]{2}
		){1,40}                              # ...one or more times
		)/x';
	$location = preg_replace_callback( $regex, '_wp_sanitize_utf8_in_redirect', $location );
	$location = preg_replace('|[^a-z0-9-~+_.?#=&;,/:%!*\[\]()@]|i', '', $location);
	$location = wp_kses_no_null($location);

	// remove %0d and %0a from location
	$strip = array('%0d', '%0a', '%0D', '%0A');
	return _deep_replace( $strip, $location );
}


Changelog

Changelog
Version Description
WP-2.3.0 Introduced.