- preg_replace: documentation ( source)
<?php
function item_slug($string){
return preg_replace(array('/[^A-Za-z0-9 -]+/','/[ -]+/'), array('','-'),$string);
}
$strings = [
"example---a-digital-product..",
"Example - A digital product"
];
foreach ($strings as $str) {
echo item_slug($str) . PHP_EOL;
}