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MySQL to convert a string into a slug
LOWER(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(TRIM('My String'), ':', ''), ')', ''), '(', ''), ',', ''), '\\', ''), '\/', ''), '\"', ''), '?', ''), '\'', ''), '&', ''), '!', ''), '.', ''), ' ', '-'), '--', '-'), '--', '-')) AS `post_name`
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CristhianBoujon commented May 8, 2017

MySQL to convert a string into a slug. That fork it removes accents.
Based on RafaSashi's answer from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2753422/mysql-replace-accented-characters

SELECT LOWER(REPLACE( REPLACE( REPLACE( REPLACE( REPLACE( REPLACE( REPLACE( REPLACE( REPLACE( REPLACE(
REPLACE( REPLACE( REPLACE( REPLACE( REPLACE( REPLACE( REPLACE( REPLACE( REPLACE( REPLACE(
REPLACE( REPLACE( REPLACE( REPLACE( REPLACE( REPLACE( REPLACE( REPLACE( REPLACE( REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(TRIM('My String with accents like á é í ó ú'), ':', ''), ')', ''), '(', ''), ',', ''), '\', ''), '/', ''), '"', ''), '?', ''), ''', ''), '&', ''), '!', ''), '.', ''), ' ', '-'), '--', '-'), '--', '-'),'ù','u'),'ú','u'),'û','u'),'ü','u'),'ý','y'),'ë','e'),'à','a'),'á','a'),'â','a'),'ã','a'),
'ä','a'),'å','a'),'æ','a'),'ç','c'),'è','e'),'é','e'),'ê','e'),'ë','e'),'ì','i'),'í','i'),
'î','i'),'ï','i'),'ð','o'),'ñ','n'),'ò','o'),'ó','o'),'ô','o'),'õ','o'),'ö','o'),'ø','o')) AS post_name

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