you could do it without any function
<?php
$line = "Hola que tal con á con acento y eñe \n";
echo preg_replace('/&([aeioun])(acute|tilde);/i','\1',$line);
?>
On Nov 6, 2007 2:44 PM, Ezequiel Gutesman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Maybe this helps
>
> <?php
>
>
> $line = preg_replace_callback(
> '/(á|é|í|ó|ú|ñ)/',
> create_function(
> // single quotes are essential here,
> // or alternative escape all $ as \$
> '$matches',
> 'switch($matches[0]){
> case \'á\': return \'a\';
> case \'é\': return \'e\';
> case \'í\': return \'i\';
> case \'ó\': return \'o\';
> case \'ú\': return \'u\';
> case \'ñ\': return \'n\';
> }'
> ),
> $line
> );
>
> echo $line;
> ?>
>
> if you want to use this functionality several times:
>
> <?php
>
> function myReplace($chr)
> {
> switch($chr[0]){
> case 'á': return 'a';
> case 'é': return 'e';
> case 'í': return 'i';
> case 'ó': return 'o';
> case 'ú': return 'u';
> case 'ñ': return 'n';
> }
> }
>
>
> $line = "Hola que tal con á con acento y eñe ";
>
> $line = preg_replace_callback(
> '/(á|é|í|ó|ú|ñ)/',
> 'myReplace',
> $line
> );
> echo $line;
> ?>
>
> hope this helps. Note that these are pcre (Perl Compatible RegEx).
>
>
>
> Alberto García Gómez wrote:
> > I'm a mess in regular expressions and I make this code:
> >
> > $link = ereg_replace('ñ','n',$link);
> > $link = ereg_replace('á','a',$link);
> > $link = ereg_replace('é','e',$link);
> > $link = ereg_replace('í','i',$link);
> > $link = ereg_replace('ó','o',$link);
> > $link = ereg_replace('ú','u',$link);
> >
> > I ask if is a way to make those lines into a single one but working as
> well as this piece. I'm thinking in increase those lines so will be
> wonderful if I can optimize the code.
> >
> >
> >
> > Este correo ha sido enviado desde el Politécnico de Informática "Carlos
> Marx" de Matanzas.
> > "La gran batalla se librará en el campo de las ideas"
> >
>
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