Generating URLs from Strings in Laravel - Laravel 5.5 String Helper Method "slug"

The slug helper method will format the given $title to resemble a URI slug. It does this through a series of steps:

• Convert the $title to ASCII formatting (using the ascii function, along with the provided $language);
• Converts whitespace, dashes, underscores to the $separator;
• Reduces whitespace and separators to a single character, and trims the whitespace and separators from the beginning and end of the string.

#Signature

The signature of the slug method is:

1public static function slug(
2        $title,
3        $separator = '-',
4        $language  = 'en'
5    );

#Example Use

This function will also convert the entire string to its lower cased alternative.

 1use Illuminate\Support\Str;
 2 
 3// rebuilding-stillatcom
 4echo Str::slug('Rebuilding stillat.com');
 5 
 6// customizing-the-laravel-artisan-application
 7echo Str::slug(' Customizing The Laravel Artisan Application ');
 8 
 9// laravel_artisan_config_command_the_configclear_command
10echo Str::slug(
11        'Laravel Artisan Config Command: The config:clear Command',
12        '_'
13    );
14 
15// laravel_artisan_config_command_the_configclear_command
16echo Str::slug(
17        'Laravel Artisan Config Command: The config:clear Command',
18        '_',
19        'en'
20    );

#Global str_slug Helper Function

The str_slug function is a shortcut to calling Str::slug. This function is declared in the global namespace.

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