[SEO] MakeURLSafe and the '/' character

[grantg]

By my reckoning, if a product name has a dash, it is converted to %252d in the URL. I have now amended my general.php in the lib directory to cater for products with & in the name, I have replaced the & character with 'and'

$val = str_replace("&", "and", $val);

I have also amended the first str_replace function, so that a dash is not converted and is left as a dash. Absolutely no problems at all...yet.

[hattieuadt]

Hepl vietnames

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      $val = str_replace("đ", "d", $val);

products " 3 Bước chuyên sâu điều trị đốm nâu và tàn nhang Omar Sharif Re20 Whiteshift Melano " page not found

[cumitham]

Thank you!!! to complete this hack for spanish users who wants to add characters like:

á, é, í, ó, ú and ñ

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   function MakeURLSafe($val)
   {
      $val = str_replace("-", "%2d", $val);
      $val = str_replace("+", "%2b", $val);
      $val = str_replace("+", "%2b", $val);
      $val = str_replace("/", "%2f", $val);
       /**        *Spanish Characters    - Start     */
          $val = str_replace("ñ", "n", $val);
          $val = str_replace("á", "a", $val);
          $val = str_replace("é", "e", $val);
          $val = str_replace("í", "i", $val);
          $val = str_replace("ó", "o", $val);
          $val = str_replace("ú", "u", $val);
       /**        *Spanish Characters    - End    */
      $val = urlencode($val);
      $val = str_replace("+", "-", $val);
      return $val;
   }

   /**
    * Convert an already search engine friendly based string back to the normal text equivalent.
    *
    * @param string The search engine friendly version of the string.
    * @return string The normal textual version of the string.
    */
   function MakeURLNormal($val)
   {
      $val = str_replace("-", " ", $val);
      $val = urldecode($val);
      $val = str_replace("{47}", "/", $val);
      $val = str_replace("%2f", "/", $val);
      $val = str_replace("%2e", "/", $val);
      $val = str_replace("%2d", "-", $val);
      $val = str_replace("%2b", "+", $val);
       /**        *Spanish Characters    - Start     */
          $val = str_replace("A%F1", "ñ", $val);
          $val = str_replace("%E1", "a", $val);
          $val = str_replace("%E9", "e", $val);
          $val = str_replace("%ED", "i", $val);
          $val = str_replace("%F3", "o", $val);
          $val = str_replace("%FA", "u", $val);
       /**        *Spanish Characters    - End    */
      return $val;
   }

I register just to thank you for your post. Best wishes for you.

[hattieuadt]

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      $val = str_replace("đ", "d", $val);

products " 3 Bước chuyên sâu điều trị đốm nâu và tàn nhang Omar Sharif Re20 Whiteshift Melano " page not found

Hepl me!

[prospektas]

Hi guys, maybe someone will tell how to replace:

%252f to /
%3A to :
%2C to ,
%252b to +
%3D to =
%29 to )
%28 to (
%252d to -
%21 to !
%3F to ?


Thanks a lot !!!