note 87058 added to function.preg-replace

String to filename: <?php function string_to_filename($word) { $tmp = preg_replace('/^\W+|\W+$/', '', $word); // remove all non-alphanumeric chars at begin & end of string $tmp = preg_replace('/\s+/', '_', $tmp); // compress internal whitespace and replace with _ return strtolower(preg_replace('/\W-/', '', $tmp)); // remove all non-alphanumeric chars except _ and - } ?> Returns a usable & readable filename. ---- Server IP: 208.69.120.35 Probable Submitter: 209.26.192.254 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.preg-replace.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/87058 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/87058/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/87058/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/87058/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/87058/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/87058/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/87058/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/87058 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/87058 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php