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URL Slug🔗

Allow you to convert entities titles or names into url friendly slugs using symfony/string.

For example:

Développeur Expert Back end Symfony 2 (H/F)

becomes:

developpeur-expert-back-end-symfony-2-h-f

Installation🔗

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composer require symfony/string

Usage🔗

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$slugger = new AsciiSlugger();
$slug = $slugger->slug($title);

Note: See documentation for extra configuration.

Interface and implementation🔗

The interface to add in your src/Domain or src/Application depending where you need to generate slugs:

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interface SlugGeneratorInterface
{
    public function generate(string $text): string;
}

The implementation to add in your src/Infra:

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class SlugGenerator implements SlugGeneratorInterface
{
    private SluggerInterface $slugger;

    public function __construct(SluggerInterface $slugger)
    {
        $this->slugger = $slugger;
    }

    public function generate(string $text): string
    {
        $slug = $this->slugger->slug($text);

        if ($slug->isEmpty()) {
            throw new \RuntimeException('Empty slug.');
        }

        return $slug->lower()->toString();
    }
}
Last update: October 14, 2025