note 113690 added to function.str-replace

This is for arabic strings and names I've written a small series of str_replace to standardize Arabic names when comparing one name to another to find a match. Because a name can be entered in many many ways, and if you're trying to compare an exact LIKE or == .. if both the names aren't entered in the exactly written way, your comparison will return a false, even though it might have been the same name. This .. takes care of almost all possible exceptions. function cleanArabicName($name) { $name = str_replace(array("ا","أ","إ","آ","اَ","اً","اُ","اٌ","اِ","اٍ"),"ا",$name); $name = str_replace(array("ه","ة"),"ة",$name); $name = str_replace(array("ي","ى"),"ي",$name); $name = str_replace(array("و","ؤ"),"و",$name); $name = str_replace(array("ئ","ء"),"ئ",$name); $name = str_replace(array("ْ","ـ"),"",$name); $name = str_replace(array("ﻹ","ﻷ","ﻻ","ﻵ"),"لا",$name); return $name; } ---- Server IP: 72.52.91.14 Probable Submitter: 72.52.91.14 ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/function.str-replace.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/113690 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/113690/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/113690/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/113690/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/113690/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/113690/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/113690/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/113690 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/113690 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php