<?php
function HOOK_menu_link( array $variables ){
$element = $variables['element'];
$sub_menu = '';
$name_id = strtolower(strip_tags($element['#title']));
// remove colons and anything past colons
if (strpos($name_id, ':')) $name_id = substr ($name_id, 0, strpos($name_id, ':'));
//Preserve alphanumerics, everything else goes away
$pattern = '/[^a-z]+/ ';
$name_id = preg_replace($pattern, '', $name_id);
$element['#attributes']['id'][] = 'menu-' . $element['#original_link']['mlid'] . ' '.$name_id;
if( $element['#below'] )
$sub_menu = drupal_render($element['#below']);
$output = l($element['#title'], $element['#href'], $element['#localized_options']);
return '' . $output . $sub_menu . "\n";
}
?>