#22524 [Opn->Bgs]: Add a strip_accents function

ID: 22524 Updated by: sniper@php.net Reported By: gmarchand at videotron dot ca -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Operating System: Linux PHP Version: 4.2.3 New Comment: http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.strtr.php Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-03-03 15:45:35] gmarchand at videotron dot ca It would be awesome if PHP had the strip_accents() function. Something like strip_tags(), only it removes the accented letters and replace them with their non-accented version. For example: <? echo strip_accents("Bonjour Véronique, comment ça va?") ?> gives: Bonjour Veronique, comment ca va? I suppose it would be even better if you could have an optional parameter of allowable accents too. It would be very useful for searching databases. For example: on my site, people can search a music band database, but if they don't have the umlauts on their keyboards, and if they search for a band like say "Mötley Crüe" without typing the umlauts they might not find it. So I have to use an alternate spelling field, but it would be awesome if there were a built-in strip_accents() function. I'm sure it could have many many more applications too :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=22524&edit=1