I have to convert french characters into english on my php. I've used the following code:
iconv("utf-8", "ascii//TRANSLIT", $string);
But the result for ËËË was "E"E"E.
I don't need that double quote and other extra characters - I want to show an output like EEE. Is there any other method to convert french to english? Can you help me to do this?
The PHP Manual iconv Intro has a warning:
Note that the iconv function on some systems may not work as you expect. In such case, it'd be a good idea to install the GNU libiconv library. It will most likely end up with more consistent results.
But if accented characters are the only issue then you could use a dirty strtr (partially from strtr comments):
$string = 'Ë À Ì Â Í Ã Î Ä Ï Ç Ò È Ó É Ô Ê Õ Ö ê Ù ë Ú î Û ï Ü ô Ý õ â û ã ÿ ç';
$normalizeChars = array(
'Š'=>'S', 'š'=>'s', 'Ð'=>'Dj','Ž'=>'Z', 'ž'=>'z', 'À'=>'A', 'Á'=>'A', 'Â'=>'A', 'Ã'=>'A', 'Ä'=>'A',
'Å'=>'A', 'Æ'=>'A', 'Ç'=>'C', 'È'=>'E', 'É'=>'E', 'Ê'=>'E', 'Ë'=>'E', 'Ì'=>'I', 'Í'=>'I', 'Î'=>'I',
'Ï'=>'I', 'Ñ'=>'N', 'Ń'=>'N', 'Ò'=>'O', 'Ó'=>'O', 'Ô'=>'O', 'Õ'=>'O', 'Ö'=>'O', 'Ø'=>'O', 'Ù'=>'U', 'Ú'=>'U',
'Û'=>'U', 'Ü'=>'U', 'Ý'=>'Y', 'Þ'=>'B', 'ß'=>'Ss','à'=>'a', 'á'=>'a', 'â'=>'a', 'ã'=>'a', 'ä'=>'a',
'å'=>'a', 'æ'=>'a', 'ç'=>'c', 'è'=>'e', 'é'=>'e', 'ê'=>'e', 'ë'=>'e', 'ì'=>'i', 'í'=>'i', 'î'=>'i',
'ï'=>'i', 'ð'=>'o', 'ñ'=>'n', 'ń'=>'n', 'ò'=>'o', 'ó'=>'o', 'ô'=>'o', 'õ'=>'o', 'ö'=>'o', 'ø'=>'o', 'ù'=>'u',
'ú'=>'u', 'û'=>'u', 'ü'=>'u', 'ý'=>'y', 'ý'=>'y', 'þ'=>'b', 'ÿ'=>'y', 'ƒ'=>'f',
'ă'=>'a', 'î'=>'i', 'â'=>'a', 'ș'=>'s', 'ț'=>'t', 'Ă'=>'A', 'Î'=>'I', 'Â'=>'A', 'Ș'=>'S', 'Ț'=>'T',
);
//Output: E A I A I A I A I C O E O E O E O O e U e U i U i U o Y o a u a y c
echo strtr($string, $normalizeChars);
This worked for me for French characters.
$str = utf8_encode($str);
$str = iconv('UTF-8', 'ASCII//TRANSLIT', $str);
An alternative:
function replaceAccents($str) {
$search = explode(",","ç,æ,œ,á,é,í,ó,ú,à,è,ì,ò,ù,ä,ë,ï,ö,ü,ÿ,â,ê,î,ô,û,å,ø,Ø,Å,Á,À,Â,Ä,È,É,Ê,Ë,Í,Î,Ï,Ì,Ò,Ó,Ô,Ö,Ú,Ù,Û,Ü,Ÿ,Ç,Æ,Œ");
$replace = explode(",","c,ae,oe,a,e,i,o,u,a,e,i,o,u,a,e,i,o,u,y,a,e,i,o,u,a,o,O,A,A,A,A,A,E,E,E,E,I,I,I,I,O,O,O,O,U,U,U,U,Y,C,AE,OE");
return str_replace($search, $replace, $str);
}
$str = "À é ü ä ç";
$str = replaceAccents($str);
echo "$str \n";
//output "A e u a c"
Here is the wordpress way:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/remove_accents
You can copy the remove_accents() function and implement to your system.
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/3.9.1/src/wp-includes/formatting.php#L682
What worked for me in this instance is using utf8_encode on the string and then using strtr() function after encoding it.
ie.
$normalizeChars = array(
'Š'=>'S', 'š'=>'s', 'Ð'=>'Dj','Ž'=>'Z', 'ž'=>'z', 'À'=>'A', 'Á'=>'A', 'Â'=>'A', 'Ã'=>'A', 'Ä'=>'A',
'Å'=>'A', 'Æ'=>'A', 'Ç'=>'C', 'È'=>'E', 'É'=>'E', 'Ê'=>'E', 'Ë'=>'E', 'Ì'=>'I', 'Í'=>'I', 'Î'=>'I',
'Ï'=>'I', 'Ñ'=>'N', 'Ń'=>'N', 'Ò'=>'O', 'Ó'=>'O', 'Ô'=>'O', 'Õ'=>'O', 'Ö'=>'O', 'Ø'=>'O', 'Ù'=>'U', 'Ú'=>'U',
'Û'=>'U', 'Ü'=>'U', 'Ý'=>'Y', 'Þ'=>'B', 'ß'=>'Ss','à'=>'a', 'á'=>'a', 'â'=>'a', 'ã'=>'a', 'ä'=>'a',
'å'=>'a', 'æ'=>'a', 'ç'=>'c', 'è'=>'e', 'é'=>'e', 'ê'=>'e', 'ë'=>'e', 'ì'=>'i', 'í'=>'i', 'î'=>'i',
'ï'=>'i', 'ð'=>'o', 'ñ'=>'n', 'ń'=>'n', 'ò'=>'o', 'ó'=>'o', 'ô'=>'o', 'õ'=>'o', 'ö'=>'o', 'ø'=>'o', 'ù'=>'u',
'ú'=>'u', 'û'=>'u', 'ü'=>'u', 'ý'=>'y', 'ý'=>'y', 'þ'=>'b', 'ÿ'=>'y', 'ƒ'=>'f',
'ă'=>'a', 'î'=>'i', 'â'=>'a', 'ș'=>'s', 'ț'=>'t', 'Ă'=>'A', 'Î'=>'I', 'Â'=>'A', 'Ș'=>'S', 'Ț'=>'T',
);
$legal_name = utf8_encode($res['LEGAL_NAME']);
$res['LEGAL_NAME'] = strtr($legal_name, $normalizeChars);
outputs = Burelle Amélie -> Burelle Amelie
Here's what helped me. It's important to set locale to en_US and not your real locale.
$curLocale = setlocale(LC_ALL, 0); //gets current locale
setlocale(LC_ALL, "en_US.utf8"); //without this iconv removes accented letters. If you use another locale it will also fail
$text = iconv('UTF-8', 'ASCII//TRANSLIT', $text);
setlocale(LC_ALL, $curLocale); //set locale to what it was before
In laravel you can simply use str_slug($accentedPhrase) and if you care about dash (-) that this method substitute with space you can use str_replace('-', ' ', str_slug($accentedPhrase))
Just putting here as an alternative (a bit more complex in nature), wordpress uses this function for accent removal. Made some changes below to make it run indepndently without referencing wordpress functions.
function mbstring_binary_safe_encoding($reset = false)
{
static $encodings = array();
static $overloaded = null;
if (is_null($overloaded)) {
$overloaded = function_exists('mb_internal_encoding') && (ini_get('mbstring.func_overload') & 2);
}
if (false === $overloaded) {
return;
}
if (!$reset) {
$encoding = mb_internal_encoding();
array_push($encodings, $encoding);
mb_internal_encoding('ISO-8859-1');
}
if ($reset && $encodings) {
$encoding = array_pop($encodings);
mb_internal_encoding($encoding);
}
}
function seems_utf8($str)
{
mbstring_binary_safe_encoding();
$length = strlen($str);
mbstring_binary_safe_encoding(true);
for ($i = 0; $i < $length; $i++) {
$c = ord($str[$i]);
if ($c < 0x80) {
$n = 0;
}
// 0bbbbbbb
elseif (($c & 0xE0) == 0xC0) {
$n = 1;
}
// 110bbbbb
elseif (($c & 0xF0) == 0xE0) {
$n = 2;
}
// 1110bbbb
elseif (($c & 0xF8) == 0xF0) {
$n = 3;
}
// 11110bbb
elseif (($c & 0xFC) == 0xF8) {
$n = 4;
}
// 111110bb
elseif (($c & 0xFE) == 0xFC) {
$n = 5;
}
// 1111110b
else {
return false;
}
// Does not match any model
for ($j = 0; $j < $n; $j++) {
// n bytes matching 10bbbbbb follow ?
if ((++$i == $length) || ((ord($str[$i]) & 0xC0) != 0x80)) {
return false;
}
}
}
return true;
}
function remove_accents($string)
{
if (!preg_match('/[\x80-\xff]/', $string)) {
return $string;
}
if (seems_utf8($string)) {
$chars = array(
// Decompositions for Latin-1 Supplement
'ª' => 'a', 'º' => 'o',
'À' => 'A', 'Á' => 'A',
'Â' => 'A', 'Ã' => 'A',
'Ä' => 'A', 'Å' => 'A',
'Æ' => 'AE', 'Ç' => 'C',
'È' => 'E', 'É' => 'E',
'Ê' => 'E', 'Ë' => 'E',
'Ì' => 'I', 'Í' => 'I',
'Î' => 'I', 'Ï' => 'I',
'Ð' => 'D', 'Ñ' => 'N',
'Ò' => 'O', 'Ó' => 'O',
'Ô' => 'O', 'Õ' => 'O',
'Ö' => 'O', 'Ù' => 'U',
'Ú' => 'U', 'Û' => 'U',
'Ü' => 'U', 'Ý' => 'Y',
'Þ' => 'TH', 'ß' => 's',
'à' => 'a', 'á' => 'a',
'â' => 'a', 'ã' => 'a',
'ä' => 'a', 'å' => 'a',
'æ' => 'ae', 'ç' => 'c',
'è' => 'e', 'é' => 'e',
'ê' => 'e', 'ë' => 'e',
'ì' => 'i', 'í' => 'i',
'î' => 'i', 'ï' => 'i',
'ð' => 'd', 'ñ' => 'n',
'ò' => 'o', 'ó' => 'o',
'ô' => 'o', 'õ' => 'o',
'ö' => 'o', 'ø' => 'o',
'ù' => 'u', 'ú' => 'u',
'û' => 'u', 'ü' => 'u',
'ý' => 'y', 'þ' => 'th',
'ÿ' => 'y', 'Ø' => 'O',
// Decompositions for Latin Extended-A
'Ā' => 'A', 'ā' => 'a',
'Ă' => 'A', 'ă' => 'a',
'Ą' => 'A', 'ą' => 'a',
'Ć' => 'C', 'ć' => 'c',
'Ĉ' => 'C', 'ĉ' => 'c',
'Ċ' => 'C', 'ċ' => 'c',
'Č' => 'C', 'č' => 'c',
'Ď' => 'D', 'ď' => 'd',
'Đ' => 'D', 'đ' => 'd',
'Ē' => 'E', 'ē' => 'e',
'Ĕ' => 'E', 'ĕ' => 'e',
'Ė' => 'E', 'ė' => 'e',
'Ę' => 'E', 'ę' => 'e',
'Ě' => 'E', 'ě' => 'e',
'Ĝ' => 'G', 'ĝ' => 'g',
'Ğ' => 'G', 'ğ' => 'g',
'Ġ' => 'G', 'ġ' => 'g',
'Ģ' => 'G', 'ģ' => 'g',
'Ĥ' => 'H', 'ĥ' => 'h',
'Ħ' => 'H', 'ħ' => 'h',
'Ĩ' => 'I', 'ĩ' => 'i',
'Ī' => 'I', 'ī' => 'i',
'Ĭ' => 'I', 'ĭ' => 'i',
'Į' => 'I', 'į' => 'i',
'İ' => 'I', 'ı' => 'i',
'IJ' => 'IJ', 'ij' => 'ij',
'Ĵ' => 'J', 'ĵ' => 'j',
'Ķ' => 'K', 'ķ' => 'k',
'ĸ' => 'k', 'Ĺ' => 'L',
'ĺ' => 'l', 'Ļ' => 'L',
'ļ' => 'l', 'Ľ' => 'L',
'ľ' => 'l', 'Ŀ' => 'L',
'ŀ' => 'l', 'Ł' => 'L',
'ł' => 'l', 'Ń' => 'N',
'ń' => 'n', 'Ņ' => 'N',
'ņ' => 'n', 'Ň' => 'N',
'ň' => 'n', 'ʼn' => 'n',
'Ŋ' => 'N', 'ŋ' => 'n',
'Ō' => 'O', 'ō' => 'o',
'Ŏ' => 'O', 'ŏ' => 'o',
'Ő' => 'O', 'ő' => 'o',
'Œ' => 'OE', 'œ' => 'oe',
'Ŕ' => 'R', 'ŕ' => 'r',
'Ŗ' => 'R', 'ŗ' => 'r',
'Ř' => 'R', 'ř' => 'r',
'Ś' => 'S', 'ś' => 's',
'Ŝ' => 'S', 'ŝ' => 's',
'Ş' => 'S', 'ş' => 's',
'Š' => 'S', 'š' => 's',
'Ţ' => 'T', 'ţ' => 't',
'Ť' => 'T', 'ť' => 't',
'Ŧ' => 'T', 'ŧ' => 't',
'Ũ' => 'U', 'ũ' => 'u',
'Ū' => 'U', 'ū' => 'u',
'Ŭ' => 'U', 'ŭ' => 'u',
'Ů' => 'U', 'ů' => 'u',
'Ű' => 'U', 'ű' => 'u',
'Ų' => 'U', 'ų' => 'u',
'Ŵ' => 'W', 'ŵ' => 'w',
'Ŷ' => 'Y', 'ŷ' => 'y',
'Ÿ' => 'Y', 'Ź' => 'Z',
'ź' => 'z', 'Ż' => 'Z',
'ż' => 'z', 'Ž' => 'Z',
'ž' => 'z', 'ſ' => 's',
// Decompositions for Latin Extended-B
'Ș' => 'S', 'ș' => 's',
'Ț' => 'T', 'ț' => 't',
// Euro Sign
'€' => 'E',
// GBP (Pound) Sign
'£' => '',
// Vowels with diacritic (Vietnamese)
// unmarked
'Ơ' => 'O', 'ơ' => 'o',
'Ư' => 'U', 'ư' => 'u',
// grave accent
'Ầ' => 'A', 'ầ' => 'a',
'Ằ' => 'A', 'ằ' => 'a',
'Ề' => 'E', 'ề' => 'e',
'Ồ' => 'O', 'ồ' => 'o',
'Ờ' => 'O', 'ờ' => 'o',
'Ừ' => 'U', 'ừ' => 'u',
'Ỳ' => 'Y', 'ỳ' => 'y',
// hook
'Ả' => 'A', 'ả' => 'a',
'Ẩ' => 'A', 'ẩ' => 'a',
'Ẳ' => 'A', 'ẳ' => 'a',
'Ẻ' => 'E', 'ẻ' => 'e',
'Ể' => 'E', 'ể' => 'e',
'Ỉ' => 'I', 'ỉ' => 'i',
'Ỏ' => 'O', 'ỏ' => 'o',
'Ổ' => 'O', 'ổ' => 'o',
'Ở' => 'O', 'ở' => 'o',
'Ủ' => 'U', 'ủ' => 'u',
'Ử' => 'U', 'ử' => 'u',
'Ỷ' => 'Y', 'ỷ' => 'y',
// tilde
'Ẫ' => 'A', 'ẫ' => 'a',
'Ẵ' => 'A', 'ẵ' => 'a',
'Ẽ' => 'E', 'ẽ' => 'e',
'Ễ' => 'E', 'ễ' => 'e',
'Ỗ' => 'O', 'ỗ' => 'o',
'Ỡ' => 'O', 'ỡ' => 'o',
'Ữ' => 'U', 'ữ' => 'u',
'Ỹ' => 'Y', 'ỹ' => 'y',
// acute accent
'Ấ' => 'A', 'ấ' => 'a',
'Ắ' => 'A', 'ắ' => 'a',
'Ế' => 'E', 'ế' => 'e',
'Ố' => 'O', 'ố' => 'o',
'Ớ' => 'O', 'ớ' => 'o',
'Ứ' => 'U', 'ứ' => 'u',
// dot below
'Ạ' => 'A', 'ạ' => 'a',
'Ậ' => 'A', 'ậ' => 'a',
'Ặ' => 'A', 'ặ' => 'a',
'Ẹ' => 'E', 'ẹ' => 'e',
'Ệ' => 'E', 'ệ' => 'e',
'Ị' => 'I', 'ị' => 'i',
'Ọ' => 'O', 'ọ' => 'o',
'Ộ' => 'O', 'ộ' => 'o',
'Ợ' => 'O', 'ợ' => 'o',
'Ụ' => 'U', 'ụ' => 'u',
'Ự' => 'U', 'ự' => 'u',
'Ỵ' => 'Y', 'ỵ' => 'y',
// Vowels with diacritic (Chinese, Hanyu Pinyin)
'ɑ' => 'a',
// macron
'Ǖ' => 'U', 'ǖ' => 'u',
// acute accent
'Ǘ' => 'U', 'ǘ' => 'u',
// caron
'Ǎ' => 'A', 'ǎ' => 'a',
'Ǐ' => 'I', 'ǐ' => 'i',
'Ǒ' => 'O', 'ǒ' => 'o',
'Ǔ' => 'U', 'ǔ' => 'u',
'Ǚ' => 'U', 'ǚ' => 'u',
// grave accent
'Ǜ' => 'U', 'ǜ' => 'u',
);
$string = strtr($string, $chars);
} else {
$chars = array();
// Assume ISO-8859-1 if not UTF-8
$chars['in'] = "\x80\x83\x8a\x8e\x9a\x9e"
. "\x9f\xa2\xa5\xb5\xc0\xc1\xc2"
. "\xc3\xc4\xc5\xc7\xc8\xc9\xca"
. "\xcb\xcc\xcd\xce\xcf\xd1\xd2"
. "\xd3\xd4\xd5\xd6\xd8\xd9\xda"
. "\xdb\xdc\xdd\xe0\xe1\xe2\xe3"
. "\xe4\xe5\xe7\xe8\xe9\xea\xeb"
. "\xec\xed\xee\xef\xf1\xf2\xf3"
. "\xf4\xf5\xf6\xf8\xf9\xfa\xfb"
. "\xfc\xfd\xff";
$chars['out'] = "EfSZszYcYuAAAAAACEEEEIIIINOOOOOOUUUUYaaaaaaceeeeiiiinoooooouuuuyy";
$string = strtr($string, $chars['in'], $chars['out']);
$double_chars = array();
$double_chars['in'] = array("\x8c", "\x9c", "\xc6", "\xd0", "\xde", "\xdf", "\xe6", "\xf0", "\xfe");
$double_chars['out'] = array('OE', 'oe', 'AE', 'DH', 'TH', 'ss', 'ae', 'dh', 'th');
$string = str_replace($double_chars['in'], $double_chars['out'], $string);
}
return $string;
}
