Perfect Clean URL Generator

clean_urls.php

<?php

// Perfect Clean URL Generator
// Source: http://cubiq.org/the-perfect-php-clean-url-generator

setlocale(LC_ALL, 'en_US.UTF8');
function toAscii($str, $replace=array(), $delimiter='-') {
  if( !empty($replace) ) {
    $str = str_replace((array)$replace, ' ', $str);
  }

  $clean = iconv('UTF-8', 'ASCII//TRANSLIT', $str);
  $clean = preg_replace("/[^a-zA-Z0-9\/_|+ -]/", '', $clean);
  $clean = strtolower(trim($clean, '-'));
  $clean = preg_replace("/[\/_|+ -]+/", $delimiter, $clean);

  return $clean;
}


echo toAscii("Mess'd up --text-- just (to) stress /test/ ?our! `little` \\clean\\ url fun.ction!?-->");

echo toAscii("Perché l'erba è verde?", "'"); // Italian

echo toAscii("Peux-tu m'aider s'il te plaît?", "'"); // French

echo toAscii("Tänk efter nu – förr'n vi föser dig bort"); // Swedish

echo toAscii("ÀÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÐÑÒÓÔÕÖÙÚÛÜÝßàáâãäåæçèéêëìíîïðñòóôõöùúûüýÿ");

echo toAscii("Custom`delimiter*example", array('*', '`'));

echo toAscii("My+Last_Crazy|delimiter/example", '', ' ');

?>

clean_urls_demo.php

<?php

// Perfect Clean URL Generator
// Source: http://cubiq.org/the-perfect-php-clean-url-generator
// DEMO

setlocale(LC_ALL, 'en_US.UTF8');
function toAscii($str, $replace=array(), $delimiter='-') {
  if( !empty($replace) ) {
    $str = str_replace((array)$replace, ' ', $str);
  }

  $clean = iconv('UTF-8', 'ASCII//TRANSLIT', $str);
  $clean = preg_replace("/[^a-zA-Z0-9\/_|+ -]/", '', $clean);
  $clean = strtolower(trim($clean, '-'));
  $clean = preg_replace("/[\/_|+ -]+/", $delimiter, $clean);

  return $clean;
}

$messed = "Mess'd up --text-- just (to) stress /test/ ?our! `little` \\clean\\ url fun.ction!?-->";
echo '<strong>' . $messed . '</strong><br>';
echo toAscii($messed) . '<br/><br/>';

// Italian
$italian = "Perché l'erba è verde?";
echo '<strong>' . $italian . '</strong><br>';
echo toAscii($italian, "'") . '<br/><br/>';

// French
$french = "Peux-tu m'aider s'il te plaît?";
echo '<strong>' . $french . '</strong><br>';
echo toAscii($french, "'") . '<br/><br/>';

// Swedish
$swedish = "Tänk efter nu – förr'n vi föser dig bort";
echo '<strong>' . $swedish . '</strong><br>';
echo toAscii($swedish) . '<br/><br/>';

// Special Characters
$special = "ÀÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÐÑÒÓÔÕÖÙÚÛÜÝßàáâãäåæçèéêëìíîïðñòóôõöùúûüýÿ";
echo '<strong>' . $special . '</strong><br>';
echo toAscii($special) . '<br/><br/>';

echo '<strong>Custom`delimiter*example</strong><br>';
echo toAscii("Custom`delimiter*example", array('*', '`')) . '<br/><br/>';

echo '<strong>My+Last_Crazy|delimiter/example</strong><br>';
echo toAscii("My+Last_Crazy|delimiter/example", '', ' ') . '<br/><br/>';

?>