WordPress function to get post/page slug

Here’s the function. Copy it and paste it into your functions.php file:

function the_slug() {
$post_data = get_post($post->ID, ARRAY_A);
$slug = $post_data['post_name'];
return $slug;
}

Once done, simply call the function within the loop to get the post or page slug.

< ?php echo the_slug(); ?>

Thanks to Maidul for the function!