Re: Re: Removing nonlatin characters

Documented research indicate that on Fri, 1 Jul 2005 13:58:23 +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: > On 6/29/05, Rene Brehmer <plasticbunny@metalbunny.net> wrote: > I think you mean something like this: > > function stripAccents($string) { > $returnString = strtr($string, > > 'àáâãäçèéêëìíîïñòóôõöšùúûüýÀÁÂÃÄÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÑÒÓÔÕÖŠÙÚÛÜÝ', > 'aaaaaceeeeiiiinooooosuuuuyAAAAACEEEEIIIINOOOOOSUUUUY'); > $returnString = > > str_replace('æ','ae',str_replace('Æ','AE',$returnString)); > $returnString = > > str_replace('ø','oe',str_replace('Ø','OE',$returnString)); > $returnString = str_replace('ß','ss',$returnString); > return $returnString; > } > > This function is part using code once posted on this list, part my own > creation. > >Thank you Rene. Does this approach have any special advantages over >recode_string? Totally forgot ... there is one advantage that you can control what the characters are replaced with ... but I dunno if recode_string does as good a job ... -- Rene Brehmer aka Metalbunny We have nothing to fear from free speech and free information on the Internet, but pop-up advertising! http://metalbunny.net/ My little mess of things...