Slugger

Create URL Slugs From UTF-8 Strings

1. Trim Whitespace
2. Lowercase (if possible)
3. Replace (space) with - (dash)
4. Remove ., (, and )
5. Remove any duplicate - (dashes)
6. Trim any - (dashes) from the beginning or end

$slugger = new \GeoSocio\Slugger\Slugger();
echo $slugger->slug('St. Petersburg');
// st-petersburg

See more examples in tests/SluggerTest.php