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Laravel unique slug generator
<?php namespace App\Libraries;
use DB;
class Slug {
// Create a unique slug
static function make($name, $table = null, $column = null)
{
$valid = false;
$i = 0;
while(!$valid) {
if($i) {
$slug = Self::make_slug($name . '-' . $i);
} else {
$slug = Self::make_slug($name);
}
// Check in the database
if(!is_null($table) && !is_null($column)) {
$dbslug = DB::table($table)->where($column, '=', $slug)->get();
if(!$dbslug) {
return $slug;
} else {
$i++;
}
} else {
return $slug;
}
}
}
static function make_slug($text)
{
$text = preg_replace('~[^\\pL\d]+~u', '-', $text); // replace non letter or digits by -
$text = trim($text, '-'); // trim
$text = iconv('utf-8', 'us-ascii//TRANSLIT', $text); // transliterate
$text = strtolower($text); // lowercase
$text = preg_replace('~[^-\w]+~', '', $text); // remove unwanted characters
$text = preg_replace('/-+/', '-', $text); // Remove duplicates
if (empty($text)) return 'n-a';
return $text;
}
}
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