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SQL Slug function
// Credits:
// - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5409831/mysql-stored-function-to-create-a-slug
// - https://gist.github.com/jareis/847e7e1523e4ea8f8676
DELIMITER ;;
DROP FUNCTION IF EXISTS `slugify`;;
CREATE FUNCTION `slugify`(dirty_string varchar(255)) RETURNS varchar(255) CHARSET utf8
DETERMINISTIC
BEGIN
DECLARE x, y , z , k INT;
DECLARE temp_string, new_string, accents, noAccents VARCHAR(255);
DECLARE is_allowed BOOL;
DECLARE c, check_char VARCHAR(1);
-- IF NULL DO NOT PROCEED
If dirty_string IS NULL Then
return dirty_string;
End If;
set temp_string = LOWER(dirty_string);
-- REPLACE ACCENTS
-- WITH CAPS
-- set accents = 'ŠšŽžÀÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÑÒÓÔÕÖØÙÚÛÜÝŸÞàáâãäåæçèéêëìíîïñòóôõöøùúûüýÿþƒ';
-- set noAccents = 'SsZzAAAAAAACEEEEIIIINOOOOOOUUUUYYBaaaaaaaceeeeiiiinoooooouuuuyybf';
-- ONLY SMALL CAPS
set accents = 'šžàáâãäåæçèéêëìíîïñòóôõöøùúûüýÿþƒ';
set noAccents = 'szaaaaaaaceeeeiiiinoooooouuuuyybf';
set k = CHAR_LENGTH(accents);
while k > 0 do
set temp_string = REPLACE(temp_string, SUBSTRING(accents, k, 1), SUBSTRING(noAccents, k, 1));
set k = k - 1;
end while;
-- CONVERT & TO EMPTY SPACE
Set temp_string = REPLACE(temp_string, '&', '');
-- REPLACE ALL UNWANTED CHARS
Select temp_string REGEXP('[^a-z0-9\-]+') into x;
If x = 1 then
set z = 1;
set k = CHAR_LENGTH(temp_string);
While z <= k Do
Set c = SUBSTRING(temp_string, z, 1);
Set is_allowed = FALSE;
If !((ascii(c) = 45) or (ascii(c) >= 48 and ascii(c) <= 57) or (ascii(c) >= 97 and ascii(c) <= 122)) Then
Set temp_string = REPLACE(temp_string, c, '-');
End If;
set z = z + 1;
End While;
End If;
Select temp_string REGEXP("^-|-$|'") into x;
If x = 1 Then
Set temp_string = Replace(temp_string, "'", '');
Set z = CHAR_LENGTH(temp_string);
Set y = CHAR_LENGTH(temp_string);
Dash_check: While z > 1 Do
If STRCMP(SUBSTRING(temp_string, -1, 1), '-') = 0 Then
Set temp_string = SUBSTRING(temp_string,1, y-1);
Set y = y - 1;
Else
Leave Dash_check;
End If;
Set z = z - 1;
End While;
End If;
Repeat
Select temp_string REGEXP("--") into x;
If x = 1 Then
Set temp_string = REPLACE(temp_string, "--", "-");
End If;
Until x <> 1 End Repeat;
If LOCATE('-', temp_string) = 1 Then
Set temp_string = SUBSTRING(temp_string, 2);
End If;
Return temp_string;
END;;
DELIMITER ;
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