gistfile1.txt

    /**
     * source : http://snipplr.com/view/22741/slugify-a-string-in-php/
     *
     * @static
     * @param  $text
     * @return mixed|string
     */
    static public function slugify($text)
    {
        // replace non letter or digits by -
        $text = preg_replace('~[^\\pL\d]+~u', '-', $text);

        // trim
        $text = trim($text, '-');

        $chars = array(
          'ґ'=>'g','ё'=>'e','є'=>'e','ї'=>'i','і'=>'i',
          'а'=>'a', 'б'=>'b', 'в'=>'v',
          'г'=>'g', 'д'=>'d', 'е'=>'e', 'ё'=>'e',
          'ж'=>'zh', 'з'=>'z', 'и'=>'i', 'й'=>'i',
          'к'=>'k', 'л'=>'l', 'м'=>'m', 'н'=>'n',
          'о'=>'o', 'п'=>'p', 'р'=>'r', 'с'=>'s',
          'т'=>'t', 'у'=>'u', 'ф'=>'f', 'х'=>'h',
          'ц'=>'c', 'ч'=>'ch', 'ш'=>'sh', 'щ'=>'sch',
          'ы'=>'y', 'э'=>'e', 'ю'=>'u', 'я'=>'ya', 'é'=>'e', '&'=>'and',
          'ь'=>'', 'ъ' => '',
        );

        $text = mb_strtolower($text, 'utf-8');
        $text = strtr($text, $chars);

        // transliterate
        if (function_exists('iconv'))
        {
            $text = iconv('utf-8', 'us-ascii//TRANSLIT', $text);
        }

        // lowercase
        $text = strtolower($text);

        // remove unwanted characters
        $text = preg_replace('~[^-\w]+~', '', $text);

        if (empty($text))
        {
            return 'n-a';
        }

        return $text;
    }