PHP: Convert English normal text to URL

Question

I try to covert normal English text to url path.

For example

this is a text! -> this-is-a-text
this is a text&image -> this-is-a-text-image
are you ok? -> are-you-ok

So I try convert it with this code:

str_replace("-", "+", urlencode(trim($text)));

It doesn't covert + to -

Also it seems that doesn't work good for example for '/' and '&' (for some string dosn't work.)

Is there a better way?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2955251/php-function-to-make-slug-url-string — Felippe Duarte, May 18 '16 at 21:03

AbraCadaver · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-18T21:17:10.687

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For your examples this should work:

$result = preg_replace('/[^a-z0-9]+/i', '-', $text);

If you want all lower-case then use strtolower($text) instead, then no need for the i modifier.

edited May 18 '16 at 21:17

answered May 18 '16 at 21:12

AbraCadaver

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Fast typer, exactly what I was thinking, here's a 101 of it https://regex101.com/r/vU1lP6/1. – chris85 May 18 '16 at 21:14
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`$result = trim(preg_replace('/[^a-z0-9]+/i', '-', strtolower($text)), '-');` - added `+` and `strtolower`; trim – luchaninov May 18 '16 at 21:15
@luchaninov: Thanks! – AbraCadaver May 18 '16 at 21:17

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:58

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This process usually is called 'making slug'. You can find various prepared functions for that. Regarding considering Unicode, the function could be more complex.

However, your question is answered here: PHP function to make slug (URL string)

edited May 23 '17 at 11:58

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answered May 18 '16 at 21:07

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PHP: Convert English normal text to URL

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