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Create slug with PHP

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How to create valid slug url with PHP.
Create SEO Friendly url with custom PHP function.

Function accepts a string parameters and returns valid url. It removes all charachers from the string which are not supported by url.

Function

function generateSlug($phrase) {
   $result = strtolower($phrase);
   $result = str_replace(array('/', '-', '+', '.', '&', '&'), ' ', $result);
   $result = str_replace(array('ë','é', 'è'), 'e', $result);
   $result = preg_replace("/[^a-z0-9s-]/", "", $result);
   $result = trim(preg_replace("/s+/", " ", $result));
   $result = trim(substr($result, 0, 45));
   $result = preg_replace("/s/", "-", $result);
   return $result;
}

Calling The Function:

$phrase = "php/mysql tutorial";
echo generateSlug($phrase);

Output:

php-mysql-tutorial