Hello everyone, My name is *Mostafa Nafi*, and I am a *Senior PHP/Symfony Developer and Technical Lead* currently working on enterprise-grade applications for financial institutions. I am writing to introduce myself and to present a new PHP extension that I have developed, in accordance with the requirements before requesting a PECL account.
*About the extension: "slugify"* I have developed a lightweight and high-performance PHP extension named *slugify*, implemented in C, which provides a native function to generate clean, URL-friendly slugs efficiently. Goals and motivation The purpose of this extension is to offer: - A *faster alternative* to userland slugification libraries - A *dependency-free* solution suitable for high-traffic or performance-sensitive environments - Proper *Unicode normalization*, removal of diacritics, and conversion to URL-safe ASCII - A clean and minimalistic API that can easily be extended in future releases The extension includes full PECL-compatible packaging (config.m4, package.xml, tests, arginfo, etc.) and has been tested on the latest PHP versions. You can find the source code here: 👉 *https://github.com/nafi-moostafa/slugify <https://github.com/nafi-moostafa/slugify>* *Purpose of my request* I would like to *publish and maintain this extension on PECL*, so that developers can easily install it via: *pecl install slugify* I plan to maintain the extension long-term, ensure compatibility with future PHP releases, and evolve the feature set based on community feedback. *Request for approval* Before submitting the PECL account request form, I would like to confirm that the extension is appropriate for publication in the PECL ecosystem, and I kindly ask for your approval. If any changes or improvements are required (packaging, code style, documentation, tests), I would be happy to make the necessary adjustments. Thank you for your time and consideration. Best regards, *Mostafa Nafi* Senior PHP/Symfony Developer & Technical Lead
