urlize.rb

#Small method in order to create an URL from a string
#Support accents (replace them by the same character without accent)

class String
  def urlize(separator = '_')
    url = ActiveSupport::Multibyte::Handlers::UTF8Handler.normalize(self,:d).split(//u).reject { |e| e.length > 1 }.join #replace accents
    url.gsub(/[^[:alnum:]\-\s\_]/, '').split(/[\s\-\_]+/).delete_if{|i| i.empty?}.join(separator).downcase # urlize seriph GITHUB version
  end
end