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<?php $strings = array( 'this is a string', 'this is $ a string', 'this is 12 string', 'this is $12.99 string', ); foreach ($strings as $string) { var_dump(strtolower(preg_replace('#[\s+]#', '', preg_replace('#[^a-z0-9\-\s]#', '-', $string)))); }
Output for 4.3.0 - 4.3.11, 4.4.0 - 4.4.9, 5.0.0 - 5.0.5, 5.1.0 - 5.1.6, 5.2.0 - 5.2.17, 5.3.0 - 5.3.29, 5.4.0 - 5.4.45, 5.5.0 - 5.5.38, 5.6.0 - 5.6.28, 7.0.0 - 7.0.20, 7.1.0 - 7.1.25, 7.2.0 - 7.2.33, 7.3.0 - 7.3.33, 7.4.0 - 7.4.33, 8.0.0 - 8.0.30, 8.1.0 - 8.1.27, 8.2.0 - 8.2.17, 8.3.0 - 8.3.4
string(13) "thisisastring" string(14) "thisis-astring" string(14) "thisis12string" string(18) "thisis-12-99string"

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