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Revision: 8956
at October 15, 2008 05:53 by DaveChild
Updated Code 
function generate_url_from_text($strText) {
    $strText = preg_replace('/[^A-Za-z0-9-]/', ' ', $strText);
    $strText = preg_replace('/ +/', ' ', $strText);
    $strText = trim($strText);
    $strText = str_replace(' ', '-', $strText);
    $strText = preg_replace('/-+/', '-', $strText);
    $strText = strtolower($strText);
    return $strText;
}

Revision: 8955
at October 15, 2008 04:29 by DaveChild
Initial Code 
function generate_url_from_text($strText) {
    $strText = preg_replace('/[^A-Za-z0-9-]/', ' ', $strText);
    $strText = preg_replace('/ +/', ' ', $strText);
    $strText = trim($strText);
    $strText = str_replace(' ', '-', $strText);
    $strText = strtolower($strText);
    return $strText;
}
Initial URL 
http://www.addedbytes.com
Initial Description 
Function replaces all non-alpha-numeric chars and cleans up a text string. Should output a usable URL for almost all text.
Initial Title 
PHP Generate URL From Text
Initial Tags 
url, php
Initial Language 
PHP