Manipulate a url string by adding GET parameters

Question

I want to add GET parameters to URLs that may and may not contain GET parameters without repeating ? or &.

Example:

If I want t

Answer 1

In case you are using WordPress you can simply use

    add_query_args(['sort' => 'asc'], 'http:/example.com/?search=news')

Docs https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/add_query_arg/