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<?php
    function slug($str, $limit = null) {
        if ($limit) {
            $str = mb_substr($str, 0, $limit, "utf-8");
        }
        $text = html_entity_decode($str, ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8');
        // replace non letter or digits by -
        $text = preg_replace('~[^\\pL\d]+~u', '-', $text);
        // trim
        $text = trim($text, '-');
        return $text;
    }

<?php

function slug($str, $limit = null) {

if ($limit) {

$str = mb_substr($str, 0, $limit, "utf-8");

}

$text = html_entity_decode($str, ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8');

// replace non letter or digits by -

$text = preg_replace('~[^\\pL\d]+~u', '-', $text);

// trim

$text = trim($text, '-');

return $text;

}