<?php
$Raw="http://The Americans of Manvico:!^$#@~ dolls and American Families
";
$seo_url=CleanFileName( $Raw )
echo $seo_url;
//for creating seo-friendly urls.
function CleanFileName( $Raw ){
    $Raw = trim($Raw);
    $RemoveChars  = array( "([\40])" , "([^a-zA-Z0-9-])", "(-{2,})" );
    $ReplaceWith = array("-", "", "-");
    $cleanedurl=preg_replace($RemoveChars, $ReplaceWith, $Raw);
   if (strlen($cleanedurl)>55)
   {
   $cleanedurl=substr($cleanedurl,0,55);
   }
   return $cleanedurl;
}
?>