I would like to convert special characters to normal characters using PHP.
For example.
ã, á, à, é, ç, ...
to
a, a, a, e, c, ...
It would be great if someone could help me with the issue I'm having.
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1What is a "PHP special character"? – Quentin Dec 22 '10 at 16:21
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And what is a “normal character”? – Gumbo Dec 22 '10 at 16:21
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I guess you're looking for "php slugify" or "php urlize". Google it. – Crozin Dec 22 '10 at 16:23
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I guess he is rather [looking for some kind of transliteration](http://stackoverflow.com/search?q=%5Bphp%5D+transliteration). – Gumbo Dec 22 '10 at 16:26
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$ts = array("/[À-Å]/","/Æ/","/Ç/","/[È-Ë]/","/[Ì-Ï]/","/Ð/","/Ñ/","/[Ò-ÖØ]/","/×/","/[Ù-Ü]/","/[Ý-ß]/","/[à-å]/","/æ/","/ç/","/[è-ë]/","/[ì-ï]/","/ð/","/ñ/","/[ò-öø]/","/÷/","/[ù-ü]/","/[ý-ÿ]/");
$tn = array("A","AE","C","E","I","D","N","O","X","U","Y","a","ae","c","e","i","d","n","o","x","u","y");
preg_replace($ts,$tn, $p);
Make an array of the special characters and an array of the regular character and use preg_replace() on the string like above.
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i wanna to know how to covert special character string like â ëåñó ðîäèëàñü åëî÷êà in php – user516957 Dec 22 '10 at 16:25