url $new_licences = []; foreach ( $licences_array as $_licence ) { if ( trim( $_licence ) !== '' ) { $temp = explode( '|', $_licence ); $new_licences[ $temp[0] ] = []; if ( isset( $temp[1] ) ) { $new_licences[ $temp[0] ]['url'] = esc_url( $temp[1] ); } } } if ( $new_licences === [] ) { return false; } else { return $new_licences; } } }