Remove Letter Accents from Text
This function will translates all accented characters, from a string, to their non-accented equivalents.
Source code:
<?
function remove_accents($str) {
$str = htmlentities($str, ENT_COMPAT, "UTF-8");
$str = preg_replace('/&([a-zA-Z])(uml|acute|grave|circ|tilde|cedil|ring);/','$1',$str);
$from = explode(" ", "À Á Â Ã Ä Å Ç È É Ê Ë Ì Í Î Ï Ð Ñ Ò Ó Ô Õ Ö Ù Ú Û Ü Ý à á â ã ä å æ ç è é ê ë ì í î ï ð ñ ò ó ô õ ö ù ú û ü ý ÿ Ā ā Ă ă Ą ą Ć ć Ĉ ĉ Ċ ċ Č č Ď ď Đ đ Ē ē Ĕ ĕ Ė ė Ę ę Ě ě Ĝ ĝ Ğ ğ Ġ ġ Ģ ģ Ĥ ĥ Ħ ħ Ĩ ĩ Ī ī Ĭ ĭ Į į İ ı Ĵ ĵ Ķ ķ ĸ Ĺ ĺ Ļ ļ Ľ ľ Ŀ ŀ Ł ł Ń ń Ņ ņ Ň ň ʼn Ŋ ŋ Ō ō Ŏ ŏ Ő ő Ŕ ŕ Ŗ ŗ Ř ř Ś ś Ŝ ŝ Ş ş Š š Ţ ţ Ť ť Ũ ũ Ū ū Ŭ ŭ Ů ů Ű ű Ų ų Ŵ ŵ Ŷ ŷ Ÿ Ź ź Ż ż Ž ž ă î â ș ț Ă Î Â Ș Ț ă î â ÅŸ Å£ Ä‚ ÃŽ  Ş Å¢");
$to = explode(" ", "A A A A A A C E E E E I I I I D N O O O O O U U U U Y a a a a a a a c e e e e i i i i o n o o o o o u u u u y y A a A a A a C c C c C c C c D d D d E e E e E e E e E e G g G g G g G g G H H h I i I i I i I i I i J j K k k L l L l L l L l L l N n N n N n n N n O o O o O o R r R r R r S s S s S s S s T t T t U u U u U u U u U u U u W w Y y Y Z z Z z Z z a i a s t A I A S T a i a s t A I A S T");
return str_replace($from, $to, html_entity_decode($str));
}
?>
Tags: Remove Letter Accents, translates accented characters
November 13th, 2008 at 14:30
EXELENT!!! muchas gracias!! funciona mejor que los otros que he visto.
December 29th, 2008 at 11:29
Absolutely excellent function! Thanks a lot!
Wouldn’t it be better if the $from and $to were already an array instead of being exploded?
(see: http://pastebin.com/f33332c83)
Cheers!