Create a class name based upon the value passed to the function

create-classname

	// Create a class name based upon the value passed through the function
	// For example: if $string = "Lorem Ipsum" this will output "lorem-ipsum" as the class name
	
	function createClass($string) {
		// 1. convert to lowercase
		// 2. remove special characters
		// 3. Strip out multiple spaces & dashes
		// 4. Convert single spaces and underscores to dashes
		$className = strtolower($string); // 1
		$className = preg_replace("/[^a-z0-9_\s-]/", "", $className); // 2
		$className = preg_replace("/[\s-]+/", " ", $className); // 3
		$className = preg_replace("/[\s_]/", "-", $className); // 4
		return $className;	
	}