note 107112 added to function.preg-replace

To covert a string to SEO friendly, do this: $realname = "This is the string to be made SEO friendly!" $seoname = preg_replace('/\%/',' percentage',$realname); $seoname = preg_replace('/\@/',' at ',$seoname); $seoname = preg_replace('/\&/',' and ',$seoname); $seoname = preg_replace('/\s[\s]+/','-',$seoname); // Strip off multiple spaces $seoname = preg_replace('/[\s\W]+/','-',$seoname); // Strip off spaces and non-alpha-numeric $seoname = preg_replace('/^[\-]+/','',$seoname); // Strip off the starting hyphens $seoname = preg_replace('/[\-]+$/','',$seoname); // // Strip off the ending hyphens $seoname = strtolower($seoname); echo $seoname; This will print: this-is-the-string-to-be-made-seo-friendly ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 106.79.99.145 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.preg-replace.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/107112 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107112/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107112/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107112/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107112/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107112/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107112/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107112 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/107112 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php