<?php function slugger($n){ $n = preg_replace('/\%/',' percentage',$n); $n = preg_replace('/\@/',' at ',$n); $n = preg_replace('/\&/',' and ',$n); $n = preg_replace('/\s[\s]+/','-',$n); // Strip off multiple spaces $n = preg_replace('/[\s\W]+/','-',$n); // Strip off spaces and non-alpha-numeric $n = preg_replace('/^[\-]+/','',$n); // Strip off the starting hyphens $n = preg_replace('/[\-]+$/','',$n); // // Strip off the ending hyphens $n = strtolower($n); return $n } echo slugger("This is the string to be made SEO friendly!") ?>