JFilterOutput/stringURLSafe

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Description[edit]

This method processes a string and replaces all accented UTF-8 characters by unaccented ASCII-7 "equivalents", whitespaces are replaced by hyphens and the string is lowercased.

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Syntax[edit]

stringURLSafe($string)

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
$string		$input String to process

Returns[edit]

string Processed string

Defined in[edit]

libraries/joomla/filter/filteroutput.php

Importing[edit]

jimport( 'joomla.filter.filteroutput' );

Source Body[edit]

function stringURLSafe($string)
{
        //remove any '-' from the string they will be used as concatonater
        $str = str_replace('-', ' ', $string);

        $lang =& JFactory::getLanguage();
        $str = $lang->transliterate($str);

        // remove any duplicate whitespace, and ensure all characters are alphanumeric
        $str = preg_replace(array('/\s+/','/[^A-Za-z0-9\-]/'), array('-',''), $str);

        // lowercase and trim
        $str = trim(strtolower($str));
        return $str;
}

Examples[edit]

API15