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strtofname

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strtofname.php
strtofname
SYNOPSIS

strtofname($s, $strict=false)

DESCRIPTION

strtofname returns the conversion of the string $s into a file name by removing all accents and replacing special characters with a dash.

CODE
  1. require_once 'strflat.php';
  2.  
  3. function strtofname($s, $strict=false) {
  4.     /* remove accents */
  5.     $s = strflat($s);
  6.  
  7.     /* lower case */
  8.     $s = strtolower($s);
  9.  
  10.     /* keep letters, digits, underscores and dashes replacing others by a dash */
  11.     $s = preg_replace('#[^a-z0-9_-]#', '-', $s);
  12.  
  13.     /* replace consecutive dashes by one */
  14.     $s = preg_replace('/[-]+/', '-', $s);
  15.  
  16.     /* remove a dash at the beginning or at the end */
  17.     $s = preg_replace('/^-|-$/', '', $s);
  18.  
  19.     if (!$strict) {
  20.         return $s;
  21.     }
  22.  
  23.     /* remove words which are too short */
  24.     $r = array();
  25.     foreach (explode('-', $s) as $w)    {
  26.         if (strlen($w) > 2) {
  27.             $r[] = $w;
  28.         }
  29.     }
  30.  
  31.     return implode('-', $r);
  32. }
SEE ALSO

strflat

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