Introduce `is_https_url()` for testing whether the scheme for a given URL is `https`. See #28487.

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wp-includes/functions.php

@@ -3359,6 +3359,18 @@ function is_ssl() {
 	return false;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Determine if the scheme of the given URL is https.
+ *
+ * @since 4.0.0
+ * 
+ * @param  string  $url The URL
+ * @return boolean      True if the given URL uses https, false if not (or if the URL is not valid).
+ */
+function is_https_url( $url ) {
+	return ( 'https' === parse_url( $url, PHP_URL_SCHEME ) );
+}
+
 /**
  * Whether SSL login should be forced.
  *