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Using the widget field ‘link’

By Linuzitac, 5 years ago. Last reply by Alex S, 5 years ago.

I have some widgets using the function ‘link’
https://siteorigin.com/docs/widgets-bundle/form-building/form-fields/#heading-link

If I enter a url, there’s nothing special here. But, if i select a post i get a string like

post: 123
. Is there a built in function i can use here? In my widget class i have my own function get_link() which checks “does it start with ‘post’, then explode() and return get_permalink([the id])”;

I bet I’ve just missed something here, but I can’t find any info about what to do with this string. Maybe there’s a function/filter i can use?

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  1. 5 years, 11 months ago Alex S
    Hi, I Work Here

    Hi Linuzitac,

    Yes, there’s a built in function for this called sow_esc_url to handle the links.

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