Font Awesome - WordPress - Custom nav walker

fa-icon-walker.php

<?php
/**
 * Custom nav walker
 *
 * Custom nav walker to assign icons to menu items.
 */

class FA_Icon_Walker extends Walker_Nav_Menu
{
	/**
	 * @see Walker::start_el()
	 * @since 3.0.0
	 *
	 * @param string $output Passed by reference. Used to append additional content.
	 * @param object $item Menu item data object.
	 * @param int $depth Depth of menu item. Used for padding.
	 * @param int $current_page Menu item ID.
	 * @param object $args
	 */
	function start_el( &$output, $item, $depth = 0, $args = array(), $id = 0 ) {
		$indent = ( $depth ) ? str_repeat( "\t", $depth ) : '';

		$class_names = $value = '';

		$classes = empty( $item->classes ) ? array() : (array) $item->classes;
		$classes[] = 'menu-item-' . $item->ID;

		/** Remove icon class from list item */
		if ( $icon_class = preg_grep( '/fa-/', $classes ) )
			$classes = array_diff( $classes, $icon_class );
				
		$class_names = join( ' ', apply_filters( 'nav_menu_css_class', array_filter( $classes ), $item, $args ) );
		$class_names = $class_names ? ' class="' . esc_attr( $class_names ) . '"' : '';

		$id = apply_filters( 'nav_menu_item_id', 'menu-item-'. $item->ID, $item, $args );
		$id = $id ? ' id="' . esc_attr( $id ) . '"' : '';

		$output .= $indent . '<li' . $id . $value . $class_names .'>';

		$atts = array();
		$atts['title']  = ! empty( $item->attr_title ) ? $item->attr_title : '';
		$atts['target'] = ! empty( $item->target )     ? $item->target     : '';
		$atts['rel']    = ! empty( $item->xfn )        ? $item->xfn        : '';
		$atts['href']   = ! empty( $item->url )        ? $item->url        : '';

		$atts = apply_filters( 'nav_menu_link_attributes', $atts, $item, $args );

		$attributes = '';
		foreach ( $atts as $attr => $value ) {
			if ( ! empty( $value ) ) {
				$value = ( 'href' === $attr ) ? esc_url( $value ) : esc_attr( $value );
				$attributes .= ' ' . $attr . '="' . $value . '"';
			}
		}

		$item_output = $args->before;
		$item_output .= '<a'. $attributes .'>';

		/** Add an icon if assigned. See check above */
		if ( $icon_class )
			$item_output .= '<i class="fa ' . current( $icon_class ) . '"></i>';

		$item_output .= $args->link_before . apply_filters( 'the_title', $item->title, $item->ID ) . $args->link_after;
		$item_output .= '</a>';
		$item_output .= $args->after;

		$output .= apply_filters( 'walker_nav_menu_start_el', $item_output, $item, $depth, $args );
	}
}

navigation.php

<?php wp_nav_menu(array(
  'theme_location' => 'main-menu',
  'depth'          => 1,
  'container'      => '',
  'walker'     => new FA_Icon_Walker
)); ?>