function make_url_friendly($url) 
{ 
        $url = trim($url); 
        $url = strtolower($url); 

        // Fix for most recent topics block 
        // or else a b is shown in every url 
        $find = array('<b>', '</b>'); 
        $url = str_replace ($find, '', $url); 

        $url = preg_replace('/<(\/{0,1})img(.*?)(\/{0,1})\>/', 'image', $url); 

        $find = array(' ', 
                '&quot;', 
                '&', 
                '\r\n', 
                '\n', 
                '/', 
                '\\', 
                '+', 
                '<', 
                '>'); 
        $url = str_replace ($find, '-', $url); 

        $find = array('é', 
                'è', 
                'ë', 
                'ê', 
                'É', 
                'È', 
                'Ë', 
                'Ê'); 
        $url = str_replace ($find, 'e', $url); 

        $find = array('í', 
                'ı', 
                'ì', 
                'î', 
                'ï', 
                'I', 
                'İ', 
                'Í', 
                'Ì', 
                'Î', 
                'Ï'); 
        $url = str_replace ($find, 'i', $url); 

        $find = array('ó', 
        'ö', 
                'Ö', 
                'ò', 
                'ô', 
                'Ó', 
                'Ò', 
                'Ô'); 
        $url = str_replace ($find, 'o', $url); 

        $find = array('á', 
                'ä', 
                'â', 
                'à', 
                'â', 
        'Ä', 
                'Â', 
                'Á', 
                'À', 
                'Â'); 
        $url = str_replace ($find, 'a', $url); 

        $find = array('ú', 
        'ü', 
        'Ü', 
                'ù', 
                'û', 
                'Ú', 
                'Ù', 
                'Û'); 
        $url = str_replace ($find, 'u', $url); 

//      $find = array('ß'); 
//      $url = str_replace ($find, 'ss', $url); 

        $find = array('ç', 'Ç'); 
        $url = str_replace ($find, 'c', $url); 

        $find = array('ş', 'Ş'); 
        $url = str_replace ($find, 's', $url); 

        $find = array('ğ', 'Ğ'); 
        $url = str_replace ($find, 'g', $url); 

        $find = array('/[^a-z0-9\-<>]/', 
                '/[\-]+/', 
                '/<[^>]*>/'); 

        $repl = array('', 
                '-', 
                ''); 

        $url = preg_replace ($find, $repl, $url); 
        $url = str_replace ('--', '-', $url); 

        return $url; 
}