Alright, I solved the problem. Here is the code for converting final
letters in the middle of a word to normal letters, if anyone ever
needs it:
$text="עברית מבולגנת";
function hebrewNotWordEndSwitch ($from, $to, $text) {
$text=preg_replace('/'.$from.'([א-ת])/u','$2'.$to.'$1',$text);
return $text;
}
do {
$text_before=$text;
$text=hebrewNotWordEndSwitch("ך","כ",$text);
$text=hebrewNotWordEndSwitch("ם","מ",$text);
$text=hebrewNotWordEndSwitch("ן","נ",$text);
$text=hebrewNotWordEndSwitch("ף","פ",$text);
$text=hebrewNotWordEndSwitch("ץ","צ",$text);
} while ( $text_before!=$text );
print $text; // עברית מסודרת!
The do-while is necessary for multiple instances of letters, such as
in אנני which would start off as אןןי. Note that there's still the
problem of roshi-tevot but that's not a difficult one to solve. Like
Binyamini likes to say (technion only, sorry): that's an excersize for
the student to solve himself.
Dotan Cohen
http://what-is-what.com
http://gibberish.co.il
א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת
A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
