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add_query_arg()

Retrieves a modified URL query string.


Description Description

You can rebuild the URL and append query variables to the URL query by using this function. There are two ways to use this function; either a single key and value, or an associative array.

Using a single key and value:

add_query_arg( 'key', 'value', 'http://example.com' );

Using an associative array:

add_query_arg( array(
    'key1' => 'value1',
    'key2' => 'value2',
), 'http://example.com' );

Omitting the URL from either use results in the current URL being used (the value of $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']).

Values are expected to be encoded appropriately with urlencode() or rawurlencode().

Setting any query variable’s value to boolean false removes the key (see remove_query_arg()).

Important: The return value of add_query_arg() is not escaped by default. Output should be late-escaped with esc_url() or similar to help prevent vulnerability to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.


Parameters Parameters

$key

(string|array) (Required) Either a query variable key, or an associative array of query variables.

$value

(string) (Optional) Either a query variable value, or a URL to act upon.

$url

(string) (Optional) A URL to act upon.


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Return Return

(string) New URL query string (unescaped).


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Source Source

File: wp-includes/functions.php

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function add_query_arg() {
    $args = func_get_args();
    if ( is_array( $args[0] ) ) {
        if ( count( $args ) < 2 || false === $args[1] )
            $uri = $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
        else
            $uri = $args[1];
    } else {
        if ( count( $args ) < 3 || false === $args[2] )
            $uri = $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
        else
            $uri = $args[2];
    }
 
    if ( $frag = strstr( $uri, '#' ) )
        $uri = substr( $uri, 0, -strlen( $frag ) );
    else
        $frag = '';
 
    if ( 0 === stripos( $uri, 'http://' ) ) {
        $protocol = 'http://';
        $uri = substr( $uri, 7 );
    } elseif ( 0 === stripos( $uri, 'https://' ) ) {
        $protocol = 'https://';
        $uri = substr( $uri, 8 );
    } else {
        $protocol = '';
    }
 
    if ( strpos( $uri, '?' ) !== false ) {
        list( $base, $query ) = explode( '?', $uri, 2 );
        $base .= '?';
    } elseif ( $protocol || strpos( $uri, '=' ) === false ) {
        $base = $uri . '?';
        $query = '';
    } else {
        $base = '';
        $query = $uri;
    }
 
    wp_parse_str( $query, $qs );
    $qs = urlencode_deep( $qs ); // this re-URL-encodes things that were already in the query string
    if ( is_array( $args[0] ) ) {
        foreach ( $args[0] as $k => $v ) {
            $qs[ $k ] = $v;
        }
    } else {
        $qs[ $args[0] ] = $args[1];
    }
 
    foreach ( $qs as $k => $v ) {
        if ( $v === false )
            unset( $qs[$k] );
    }
 
    $ret = build_query( $qs );
    $ret = trim( $ret, '?' );
    $ret = preg_replace( '#=(&|$)#', '$1', $ret );
    $ret = $protocol . $base . $ret . $frag;
    $ret = rtrim( $ret, '?' );
    return $ret;
}

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Changelog Changelog

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VersionDescription
1.5.0Introduced.

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More Information More Information

Usage Usage

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// Parameters as separate arguments
add_query_arg( $param1, $param2, $old_query_or_uri );
 
// Parameters as array of key => value pairs
add_query_arg(
    array(
        'key1' => 'value1',
        'key2' => 'value2',
        ...
    ),
    $old_query_or_uri
);


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User Contributed Notes User Contributed Notes

  1. Skip to note content
    Contributed by Codex — 

    Assuming we’re at the WordPress URL “http://blog.example.com/client/?s=word”… Note the use of esc_url() before outputting the link. This is necessary because this function does not escape URLs and if output without escaping, would make the page vulnerable to XSS scripting.

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    // This would output '/client/?s=word&foo=bar'
    echo esc_url( add_query_arg( 'foo', 'bar' ) );
     
    // This would output '/client/?s=word&foo=bar&baz=tiny'
    $arr_params = array( 'foo' => 'bar', 'baz' => 'tiny' );
    echo esc_url( add_query_arg( $arr_params ) );
  2. Skip to note content
    Contributed by Codex — 

    Since get_permalink() returns a full URL, you could use that when you want to add variables to a post’s page.

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    /*
     * This would output whatever the URL to post ID 9 is, with 'hello=there'
     * appended with either ? or &, depending on what's needed.
     */
    echo esc_url( add_query_arg( 'hello', 'there', get_permalink( 9 ) ) );
  3. Skip to note content
    Contributed by Codex — 

    More often than not you’ll probably find yourself creating URLs using the following method within the page you’re currently on. In these cases you can use the URL you want to affect as the last parameter. The use of esc_url() is not required here, because the value is known to be safe.

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    echo esc_url( add_query_arg( 'hello', 'world', 'http://blog.example.com/2009/04/16/' ) );

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