[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #48242: Deprecate wp_parse_url() in favour of native parse_url()

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#48242: Deprecate wp_parse_url() in favour of native parse_url()
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 Reporter:  johnbillion       |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement       |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal            |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General           |    Version:  5.2
 Severity:  normal            |   Keywords:  needs-patch needs-unit-tests
  Focuses:  coding-standards  |
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 The `wp_parse_url()` function exists to handle inconsistencies in the
 return value of PHP's native `parse_url()` function across different
 versions of PHP.

 According to its inline docs:

 > PHP 5.4.7 expanded parse_url()'s ability to handle non-absolute url's,
 including schemeless and relative url's with :!// in the path. This
 function works around those limitations providing a standard output on PHP
 5.2~5.4+.

 > Error suppression is used as prior to PHP 5.3.3, an E_WARNING would be
 generated when URL parsing failed.

 Now that core only supports PHP 5.6+, it should be possible to deprecate
 this function and replace usage of it with the native `parse_url()`
 function. However, to ensure that nothing breaks we'll need tests which
 determines that `parse_url()` functions identically to `wp_parse_url()` on
 PHP 5.6 and above.

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