From dbcf427616ca8d87811bf7ccb8ab9e0d3d64f7aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Josh Sherman <josh@gravityblvd.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 22:40:09 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Added string method to generate a URL slug

---
 classes/String.php | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 jar.php            | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 42 insertions(+)

diff --git a/classes/String.php b/classes/String.php
index ac1498b..861c5d9 100644
--- a/classes/String.php
+++ b/classes/String.php
@@ -64,6 +64,27 @@ class String
 	}
 
 	// }}}
+	// {{{ Generate Slug
+
+	/**
+	 * Generate Slug
+	 *
+	 * Generates a slug from the pass string by lowercasing the string, trimming
+	 * whitespace and converting non-alphanumeric values to dashes. Takes care
+	 * of multiple dashes as well.
+	 *
+	 * @static
+	 * @param  string $string to be converted to the slug
+	 * @return string resulting slug
+	 */
+	public static function generateSlug($string)
+	{
+		$string = strtolower(trim($string));
+		$string = preg_replace('/[^a-z0-9-]/', '-', $string);
+		$string = preg_replace('/-+/',         '-', $string);
+		return trim($string, '-');;
+	}
+
 	// {{{ Is Empty
 
 	/**
diff --git a/jar.php b/jar.php
index 551ccc0..b328a8a 100755
--- a/jar.php
+++ b/jar.php
@@ -7057,6 +7057,27 @@ class String
 	}
 
 	// }}}
+	// {{{ Generate Slug
+
+	/**
+	 * Generate Slug
+	 *
+	 * Generates a slug from the pass string by lowercasing the string, trimming
+	 * whitespace and converting non-alphanumeric values to dashes. Takes care
+	 * of multiple dashes as well.
+	 *
+	 * @static
+	 * @param  string $string to be converted to the slug
+	 * @return string resulting slug
+	 */
+	public static function generateSlug($string)
+	{
+		$string = strtolower(trim($string));
+		$string = preg_replace('/[^a-z0-9-]/', '-', $string);
+		$string = preg_replace('/-+/',         '-', $string);
+		return trim($string, '-');;
+	}
+
 	// {{{ Is Empty
 
 	/**