[PHP] Re: Replacing accented characters?
On Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:55:46 -0600, Skip Evans wrote:
>I'm looking for recommendations on how to replace accented
>characters, like e and u with those two little dots above
>them, with the regular e and u characters.
$newText = iconv('UTF-8', 'ASCII//TRANSLIT', $text);
But ensure you have set your locale properly.
http://au.php.net/manual/en/function.iconv.php
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Re: [PHP] Re: Replacing accented characters?
On Thu, 2010-01-28 at 10:25 +1100, Ross McKay wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:55:46 -0600, Skip Evans wrote:
>
> >I'm looking for recommendations on how to replace accented
> >characters, like e and u with those two little dots above
> >them, with the regular e and u characters.
>
> $newText = iconv('UTF-8', 'ASCII//TRANSLIT', $text);
>
> But ensure you have set your locale properly.
>
> http://au.php.net/manual/en/function.iconv.php
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> Ross McKay, Toronto NSW Australia
> "All we are saying
> Is give peas a chance" - SeedSavers
>
Don't forget that changing some characters can actually change the words
and meanings of words. While an ë might look like and e, it's actually a
completely different character, with a different pronunciation to go
with it.
Is there some particular web service you're using that doesn't support
utf8 character sets?
Thanks,
Ash
http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
Re: [PHP] Re: Replacing accented characters?
On Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:38:42 +, Ashley Sheridan wrote: >Don't forget that changing some characters can actually change the words >and meanings of words. While an ë might look like and e, it's actually a >completely different character, with a different pronunciation to go >with it. [...] True. But for the purposes of "cleaning up" URLs (not I18N friendly, but practical on Anglo-centric websites) it has its uses. -- Ross McKay, Toronto, NSW Australia "Faced with a choice between the survival of the planet and a new set of matching tableware, most people would choose the tableware" - George Monbiot -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
