Function to slugify

slugifyFunction.php

class StringTools
{

    public static function slugify($text)
    {
        $alphabet = array(
            'Š'=>'S', 'š'=>'s', 'Ð'=>'Dj','Ž'=>'Z', 'ž'=>'z', 'À'=>'A', 'Á'=>'A', 'Â'=>'A', 'Ã'=>'A', 'Ä'=>'A',
            'Å'=>'A', 'Æ'=>'A', 'Ç'=>'C', 'È'=>'E', 'É'=>'E', 'Ê'=>'E', 'Ë'=>'E', 'Ì'=>'I', 'Í'=>'I', 'Î'=>'I',
            'Ï'=>'I', 'Ñ'=>'N', 'Ò'=>'O', 'Ó'=>'O', 'Ô'=>'O', 'Õ'=>'O', 'Ö'=>'O', 'Ø'=>'O', 'Ù'=>'U', 'Ú'=>'U',
            'Û'=>'U', 'Ü'=>'U', 'Ý'=>'Y', 'Þ'=>'B', 'ß'=>'Ss','à'=>'a', 'á'=>'a', 'â'=>'a', 'ã'=>'a', 'ä'=>'a',
            'å'=>'a', 'æ'=>'a', 'ç'=>'c', 'è'=>'e', 'é'=>'e', 'ê'=>'e', 'ë'=>'e', 'ì'=>'i', 'í'=>'i', 'î'=>'i',
            'ï'=>'i', 'ð'=>'o', 'ñ'=>'n', 'ò'=>'o', 'ó'=>'o', 'ô'=>'o', 'õ'=>'o', 'ö'=>'o', 'ø'=>'o', 'ù'=>'u',
            'ú'=>'u', 'û'=>'u', 'ý'=>'y', 'ý'=>'y', 'þ'=>'b', 'ÿ'=>'y', 'ƒ'=>'f'
        );
        
        if(empty($text)) return 'n-a';
        
        // replace non letter or digits by -
        $text = preg_replace('#[^\\pL\d]+#u', '-', $text);
        
        $text = strtr ($text, $alphabet);
        
        // trim
        $text = trim($text, '-');

        // 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;
    }

}