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preg_replace with dash
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Hi,
Just a quick question. I'm wondering if this code:
will replace all instances of any character that is a letter or number with the dash. It's supposed to create user friendly post slugs from title string to use within URLs.
Thanks,
Victor
Just a quick question. I'm wondering if this code:
function create_slug($string){
$slug=preg_replace('/[^A-Za-z0-9-]+/', '-', $string);
return $slug;
}
will replace all instances of any character that is a letter or number with the dash. It's supposed to create user friendly post slugs from title string to use within URLs.
Thanks,
Victor
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