Cleans a URL string, for SEO friendly links
<?php function cleanURL($string) { $url = str_replace("'", '', $string); $url = str_replace('%20', ' ', $url); $url = preg_replace('~[^\\pL0-9_]+~u', '-', $url); // substitutes anything but letters, numbers and '_' with separator $url = trim($url, "-"); $url = iconv("utf-8", "us-ascii//TRANSLIT", $url); // you may opt for your own custom character map for encoding. $url = strtolower($url); $url = preg_replace('~[^-a-z0-9_]+~', '', $url); // keep only letters, numbers, '_' and separator return $url; } // echo cleanURL("Shelly's%20Greatest%20Poem%20(2008)"); // shellys-greatest-poem-2008 ?>
Useful for blog posts for instance, where a title can be something like
"It's over 100 degrees today!"
which would translate to
"its-over-100-degrees-today". So you can store the string and call it like http://examplesite.com/news/2008/its-over-100-degrees-today
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guest
Posted on 27.08.2012 08:35
very nice...
guest
Posted on 20.10.2011 19:23
Thank you so much !! :)
guest
Posted on 07.10.2011 13:23
thanks...........dear.
guest
Posted on 19.07.2011 14:22
Thanks for helpful function :)
guest
Posted on 28.10.2010 05:34
thanks my friend.
guest
Posted on 13.09.2010 02:12
$url = preg_replace('~[^\\pL0-9_]+~u', '-', $url); // substitutes anything but letters, numbers and '_' with separator
That line removed all LETTERS from my links... which aint good, i like letters.
guest
Posted on 19.07.2010 06:56
Thanks for that. It is very useful..
guest
Posted on 15.02.2010 22:07
thank u m8...
guest
Posted on 09.02.2010 04:45
Sexy Script dear..... I love it...
guest
Posted on 13.12.2008 14:45
hi myfriends
I want to use this function . but I downt now how?
please show me that where i place this variable $URL.
thanks.
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