Php Slug Function

gistfile1.php

    public function slug($name)
    {
        $name = mb_strtolower($name, 'UTF-8');       
        
        $pattern = array(
            '/[âãàáä]/u',
            '/[êèéë]/u',
            '/[îíìï]/u',
            '/[ôõòóö]/u',
            '/[ûúùü]/u',
            '/[ç]/u',
            '/^[^a-z0-9]+/u',
            '/[^a-z0-9]+$/u',
            '/[^a-z0-9]+/u',
        );

        $replacement = array(
            'a',
            'e',
            'i',
            'o',
            'u',
            'c',
            '',
            '',
            '-'
        );
        
        return preg_replace($pattern, $replacement, $name);
    }