title: Is there a Joomla function to generate the 'alias' field?
body: <p>I'm writing my own component for Joomla 1.5. I'm trying to figure out how to generate an "alias" (friendly URL slug) for the content I add. In other words, if the title is "The article title", Joomla would use <code>the-article-title</code> by default (you can edit it if you like).</p>
  
  <p>Is there a built-in Joomla function that will do this for me?</p>