url_title_i18n(): multilanguage version of CodeIgniter url_title() fucntion. #i18n #internationalization #language

MY_url_helper.php

<?php  if ( ! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');

/**
 * Create URL Title with support for accented characters
 *
 * Takes a "title" string as input and creates a
 * human-friendly URL string with either a dash
 * or an underscore as the word separator.
 *
 * All accented characters get transliterated
 * via the the convert_accented_characters() function
 * which relies on the mapping provided by application/config/foreign_chars.php
 *
 * @access	public
 * @param	string	the string
 * @param	string	the separator: dash, or underscore
 * @return	string
 */
if ( ! function_exists('url_title_i18n'))
{
	function url_title_i18n($str, $separator = 'dash', $lowercase = FALSE)
        {
        $CI =& get_instance();
        $CI->load->helper('text');

        return url_title(convert_accented_characters($str), $separator, $lowercase);
	}
}

/* End of file MY_url_helper.php */