Oh yes, and I see I forgot to excape the x in the first five..
Rasmus Lerdorf in message Re: [PHP-DEV] Function suggestion (Tue, 04/10 12:43):
> Using str_replace() would speed this function up by an order of magnitude.
>
> On Tue, 10 Apr 2001, Lindsey Simon wrote:
>
> > I'm not positive I'm mailing to the right list, but I have a function that might
>be useful
> > to others. I often use php to retrieve a name from a database and then let a user
>upload a
> > file and I name that file by as $user.mp3(in this case). I need to convert all of
>the
> > international characters to a standard character for this since different OS's send
> > requests for filenames with non-standard standards...
> >
> > so here goes:
> >
> > function intl2plain ($thing) {
> > $thing = preg_replace("/xE0/", "a", $thing);
> > $thing = preg_replace("/xE8/", "e", $thing);
> > $thing = preg_replace("/xEC/", "i", $thing);
> > $thing = preg_replace("/xF2/", "o", $thing);
> > $thing = preg_replace("/xF9/", "u", $thing);
> >
> > $thing = preg_replace("/\xC0/", "A", $thing);
> > $thing = preg_replace("/\xC8/", "E", $thing);
> > $thing = preg_replace("/\xCC/", "I", $thing);
> > $thing = preg_replace("/\xD2/", "O", $thing);
> > $thing = preg_replace("/\xD9/", "U", $thing);
> >
> > $thing = preg_replace("/\xE1/", "a", $thing);
> > $thing = preg_replace("/\xE9/", "e", $thing);
> > $thing = preg_replace("/\xED/", "i", $thing);
> > $thing = preg_replace("/\xF3/", "o", $thing);
> > $thing = preg_replace("/\xFA/", "u", $thing);
> > $thing = preg_replace("/\xFD/", "y", $thing);
> >
> > $thing = preg_replace("/\xC1/", "A", $thing);
> > $thing = preg_replace("/\xC9/", "E", $thing);
> > $thing = preg_replace("/\xCD/", "I", $thing);
> > $thing = preg_replace("/\xD3/", "O", $thing);
> > $thing = preg_replace("/\xDA/", "U", $thing);
> > $thing = preg_replace("/\xDD/", "Y", $thing);
> >
> > $thing = preg_replace("/\xE2/", "a", $thing);
> > $thing = preg_replace("/\xEA/", "e", $thing);
> > $thing = preg_replace("/\xEE/", "i", $thing);
> > $thing = preg_replace("/\xF4/", "o", $thing);
> > $thing = preg_replace("/\xFB/", "u", $thing);
> >
> > $thing = preg_replace("/\xC2/", "A", $thing);
> > $thing = preg_replace("/\xCA/", "E", $thing);
> > $thing = preg_replace("/\xCE/", "I", $thing);
> > $thing = preg_replace("/\xD4/", "O", $thing);
> > $thing = preg_replace("/\xDB/", "U", $thing);
> >
> > $thing = preg_replace("/\xE3/", "a", $thing);
> > $thing = preg_replace("/\xF1/", "n", $thing);
> > $thing = preg_replace("/\xF5/", "o", $thing);
> >
> > $thing = preg_replace("/\xC3/", "A", $thing);
> > $thing = preg_replace("/\xD1/", "N", $thing);
> > $thing = preg_replace("/\xD5/", "O", $thing);
> >
> > $thing = preg_replace("/\xE4/", "a", $thing);
> > $thing = preg_replace("/\xEB/", "e", $thing);
> > $thing = preg_replace("/\xEF/", "i", $thing);
> > $thing = preg_replace("/\xF6/", "o", $thing);
> > $thing = preg_replace("/\xFC/", "u", $thing);
> > $thing = preg_replace("/\xFF/", "y", $thing);
> >
> > $thing = preg_replace("/\xC4/", "A", $thing);
> > $thing = preg_replace("/\xCB/", "E", $thing);
> > $thing = preg_replace("/\xCF/", "I", $thing);
> > $thing = preg_replace("/\xD6/", "O", $thing);
> > $thing = preg_replace("/\xDC/", "U", $thing);
> > $thing = preg_replace("/\x9f/", "Y", $thing);
> >
> > $thing = preg_replace("/\xE7/", "c", $thing);
> > $thing = preg_replace("/\xC7/", "C", $thing);
> >
> > return $thing;
> > }
> >
> > Maybe it's useful for others, it's along the lines of htmlspecialchars(); etc...
> >
> > -lindsey
> >
> >
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