note 68480 added to function.str-replace

I had some problems with the function "remove_accents" by joaquin at metaltoad dot com. The problem was that it changed every encoded char, even encoded chars like &gt; (output was g, because the first char after the & is taken). I changed it a little bit, it works fine now. <?php function replace_accents($str) { $str = htmlentities($str); $str = preg_replace('/&([a-zA-Z])(uml|acute|grave|circ|tilde);/','$1',$str); return html_entity_decode($str); } ?> Example: <?php $str = "äöü ÄÖÜ àéè ÀÉÈ Text &%*'\\" <>"; $str = replace_accents($str); echo $str; // prints "aou AOU aee AEE Text &%*'" <>" ?> Have fun ---- Server IP: 66.163.161.117 Probable Submitter: 84.73.156.125 ---- X-Spam-Status: No, hits=3.1 required=5.0 tests=DATE_MISSING,FROM_NO_LOWER autolearn=no version=2.64 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.str-replace.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/note/edit/68480 Del: integrated -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/68480/integrated Del: useless -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/68480/useless Del: bad code -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/68480/bad+code Del: spam -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/68480/spam Del: non-english -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/68480/non-english Del: in docs -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/68480/in+docs Del: other reasons-- http://master.php.net/note/delete/68480 Reject -- http://master.php.net/note/reject/68480 Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php