Creating a Slug
I was working on a project that used a router to handle the URI requests. It was similar to Code Igniter and Wordpress where I had a need for a slug. The following worked perfectly!
The Code
// $slug = Your Subject To Sluggify
// $hyphenate = Set true if you wish to NOT turn whitespace into hyphens
function create_slug($slug, $hyphenate = true){
$slug = strtolower($slug);
if($hyphenate){
$slug = preg_replace("/[-\s\W]/","-",$slug);
}
return preg_replace("/[^a-z0-9-]/", "",strtolower($slug));
}
**Note:** Function updated on 2-Feb 2012 to enable space-hyphen auto replace by default
## Examples
Below, you can find a working example:
echo createslug('Here Is An Example); // returns: here-is-an-example echo createslug('ThisIs (Character) !intensive!!', false); // returns: this-ischaracterintensive ```
