Every website needs to implement readable URLs for internal linking. When you are using a blogging tool like WordPress or a CMS like Typo3, you automatically get the URL slug generator built in.
But sometimes, you are developing your own software and are in need of a function that simply generates a slug for you.
Search no more, because here it is: the PHP function to generate slugs for you.
function slugify($input, $word_delimiter='-') {
$slug = iconv('UTF-8', 'ASCII//TRANSLIT', $input);
$slug = preg_replace("/[^a-zA-Z0-9\/_|+ -]/", '', $slug);
$slug = strtolower(trim($slug, '-'));
$slug = preg_replace("/[\/_|+ -]+/", $word_delimiter, $slug);
return $slug;
}
$slugString = slugify("This is just a small test for a slug creation");
echo $slugString;
// returns : this-is-just-a-small-test-for-a-slug-creationThis PHP function takes a simple string as first parameter, which will be turned into your slug. In this example, we are using the string This is just a small test for a slug creation .
The function slugify then returns a nice, readable slug for you.
this-is-just-a-small-test-for-a-slug-creation
If you want to use another delimiter, simply pass it as the second parameter to the function.
Ein Vorschlag für deutsche Strings:
function slugify($input, $word_delimiter=’-‘) {
$replaceSet = [‘ä’ => ‘ae’, ‘ö’ => ‘oe’, ‘ü’ => ‘ue’, ‘ß’ => ‘ss’, ‘ ‘ => ‘-‘];
$slug = strtr($input, $replaceSet);
$slug = iconv(‘UTF-8’, ‘ASCII//TRANSLIT’, $slug);
$slug = preg_replace(“/[^a-zA-Z0-9\/_|+ -]/”, ”, $slug);
$slug = strtolower(trim($slug, ‘-‘));
$slug = preg_replace(“/[\/_|+ -]+/”, $word_delimiter, $slug);
$slug = substr($slug, 0, 95);
return $slug;
}
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Hallo Gerald,
ich habe den Code jetzt nicht getestet, aber: vielen Dank dafür!
Ich wünsche Dir einen schönen Tag.
Chris
Bei mir blieb TYPO3 am Em-dash hängen, daher ich den Convert angepasst:
$slug = iconv(‘UTF-8’, ‘ASCII//IGNORE’, $input);
also TRANSLIT mit IGNORE ersetzt.