At 12:43 10-4-2001 -0700, Rasmus Lerdorf wrote:
Hiya
I have been using this (selfmade) function for ages:
function String_Replace_Foreign_Chars ($data) {
return(strtr($data,
"ÀÁÂÃÄÅàáâãäåÇçÈÉÊËèéêëÌÍÎÏìíîïÐÑñÒÓÔÕÖØðòóôõöøÙÚÛÜùúûüÝýÿß",
"AAAAAAaaaaaaCcEEEEeeeeIIIIiiiiDNnOOOOO0oooooo0uuuuuuuuYyyB"));
}
Greetz,
Wico
>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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