Format string as machine compatible key
This snippet converts a "dirty" string that may contain special characters into a machine compatible nice looking string.
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That function works fine for creating urls or ID keys.
/**
* Converts a "dirty" string that may contain special
* characters into a machine compatible nice looking string.
*
* @param string $string Input string
* @return array Formatted string
*/
function FormatAsKey($string){
$string = strtolower($string);
// Fix german special chars
$string = preg_replace('/[äÄ]/', 'ae', $string);
$string = preg_replace('/[üÜ]/', 'ue', $string);
$string = preg_replace('/[öÖ]/', 'oe', $string);
$string = preg_replace('/[ß]/', 'ss', $string);
// Replace other special chars
$specialChars = array(
'sharp' => '#', 'dot' => '.', 'plus' => '+',
'and' => '&', 'percent' => '%', 'dollar' => '$',
'equals' => '=',
);
while(list($replacement, $char) = each($specialChars))
$string = str_replace($char, '-' . $replacement . '-', $string);
$string = strtr(
$string,
"ÀÁÂÃÄÅàáâãäåÒÓÔÕÖØòóôõöøÈÉÊËèéêëÇçÌÍÎÏìíîïÙÚÛÜùúûüÿÑñ",
"AAAAAAaaaaaaOOOOOOooooooEEEEeeeeCcIIIIiiiiUUUUuuuuyNn"
);
// Remove all remaining other unknown characters
$string = preg_replace('/[^a-z0-9\-]/', '-', $string);
$string = preg_replace('/^[\-]+/', '', $string);
$string = preg_replace('/[\-]+$/', '', $string);
$string = preg_replace('/[\-]{2,}/', '-', $string);
return $string;
}
//Example:
print FormatAsKey("** this + that = something **") . "\n";
print FormatAsKey("100% freeware!") . "\n";
print FormatAsKey("Das ist übermäßig öffentlich") . "\n";
print FormatAsKey("Another sentence...") . "\n";
/*
Output:
this-plus-that-equals-something
100-percent-freeware
das-ist-uebermaessig-oeffentlich
another-sentence-dot-dot-dot
*/
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Language: PHP | User: ShareMySnippets | Created: Oct 16, 2013