Article Title Conversion to Friendly URL Using PHP String Replace and RegEx

The purpose of this note is to test the automation process for correctly converting an article title in to a friendly URL. The process uses the PHP str_replace function first to convert spaces to hyphens. Then a the PHP RegEx (preg_replace) furhter filters the article title to alphanumeric and spaces.

Might as well test out the TinyMCE code insert as well.

$myArticleURL = preg_replace("/[^a-zA-Z0-9-]+/", "", str_replace(' ', '-', $_POST['txtArticleTitle']));

If all goes well, the defaulting for article URLs will be complete. I will add some polish by allowing the ability to override the defaulted value with a custom value entered by the user. Maybe later I will look into a dynamic JavaScript or jQuery solution that could replace the server side PHP function with a client side solution.

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