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PHP Clean URL (SLUG) Generator
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<?php | |
$slug = slugit("thank you for visiting"); | |
echo $slug; | |
// returns: thank-you-for-visiting | |
?> |
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<?php | |
setlocale(LC_ALL, 'en_US.UTF8'); | |
function slugit($str, $replace=array(), $delimiter='-') { | |
if ( !empty($replace) ) { | |
$str = str_replace((array)$replace, ' ', $str); | |
} | |
$clean = iconv('UTF-8', 'ASCII//TRANSLIT', $str); | |
$clean = preg_replace("/[^a-zA-Z0-9\/_|+ -]/", '', $clean); | |
$clean = strtolower(trim($clean, '-')); | |
$clean = preg_replace("/[\/_|+ -]+/", $delimiter, $clean); | |
return $clean; | |
} | |
?> |
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Be aware that setlocale(LC_ALL, 'en_US.UTF8'); will influence the output!
e.g. if ö will be converted to o or oe (latter e.g. for german)
So dependent on you target audience you should use their locale for this function.