I need some strings that contain german chars converted to their latin equivalent. For example
'Höhle' => 'Hohle'
It obviously does not cover every single character, but should help with some of the more common ones:
<?php
/**
* Replaces special characters in a string with their "non-special" counterpart.
*
* Useful for friendly URLs.
*
* @access public
* @param string
* @return string
*/
function convertAccentsAndSpecialToNormal($string) {
$table = array(
'À'=>'A', 'Á'=>'A', 'Â'=>'A', 'Ã'=>'A', 'Ä'=>'A', 'Å'=>'A', 'Ă'=>'A', 'Ā'=>'A', 'Ą'=>'A', 'Æ'=>'A', 'Ǽ'=>'A',
'à'=>'a', 'á'=>'a', 'â'=>'a', 'ã'=>'a', 'ä'=>'a', 'å'=>'a', 'ă'=>'a', 'ā'=>'a', 'ą'=>'a', 'æ'=>'a', 'ǽ'=>'a',
'Þ'=>'B', 'þ'=>'b', 'ß'=>'Ss',
'Ç'=>'C', 'Č'=>'C', 'Ć'=>'C', 'Ĉ'=>'C', 'Ċ'=>'C',
'ç'=>'c', 'č'=>'c', 'ć'=>'c', 'ĉ'=>'c', 'ċ'=>'c',
'Đ'=>'Dj', 'Ď'=>'D',
'đ'=>'dj', 'ď'=>'d',
'È'=>'E', 'É'=>'E', 'Ê'=>'E', 'Ë'=>'E', 'Ĕ'=>'E', 'Ē'=>'E', 'Ę'=>'E', 'Ė'=>'E',
'è'=>'e', 'é'=>'e', 'ê'=>'e', 'ë'=>'e', 'ĕ'=>'e', 'ē'=>'e', 'ę'=>'e', 'ė'=>'e',
'Ĝ'=>'G', 'Ğ'=>'G', 'Ġ'=>'G', 'Ģ'=>'G',
'ĝ'=>'g', 'ğ'=>'g', 'ġ'=>'g', 'ģ'=>'g',
'Ĥ'=>'H', 'Ħ'=>'H',
'ĥ'=>'h', 'ħ'=>'h',
'Ì'=>'I', 'Í'=>'I', 'Î'=>'I', 'Ï'=>'I', 'İ'=>'I', 'Ĩ'=>'I', 'Ī'=>'I', 'Ĭ'=>'I', 'Į'=>'I',
'ì'=>'i', 'í'=>'i', 'î'=>'i', 'ï'=>'i', 'į'=>'i', 'ĩ'=>'i', 'ī'=>'i', 'ĭ'=>'i', 'ı'=>'i',
'Ĵ'=>'J',
'ĵ'=>'j',
'Ķ'=>'K',
'ķ'=>'k', 'ĸ'=>'k',
'Ĺ'=>'L', 'Ļ'=>'L', 'Ľ'=>'L', 'Ŀ'=>'L', 'Ł'=>'L',
'ĺ'=>'l', 'ļ'=>'l', 'ľ'=>'l', 'ŀ'=>'l', 'ł'=>'l',
'Ñ'=>'N', 'Ń'=>'N', 'Ň'=>'N', 'Ņ'=>'N', 'Ŋ'=>'N',
'ñ'=>'n', 'ń'=>'n', 'ň'=>'n', 'ņ'=>'n', 'ŋ'=>'n', 'ʼn'=>'n',
'Ò'=>'O', 'Ó'=>'O', 'Ô'=>'O', 'Õ'=>'O', 'Ö'=>'O', 'Ø'=>'O', 'Ō'=>'O', 'Ŏ'=>'O', 'Ő'=>'O', 'Œ'=>'O',
'ò'=>'o', 'ó'=>'o', 'ô'=>'o', 'õ'=>'o', 'ö'=>'o', 'ø'=>'o', 'ō'=>'o', 'ŏ'=>'o', 'ő'=>'o', 'œ'=>'o', 'ð'=>'o',
'Ŕ'=>'R', 'Ř'=>'R',
'ŕ'=>'r', 'ř'=>'r', 'ŗ'=>'r',
'Š'=>'S', 'Ŝ'=>'S', 'Ś'=>'S', 'Ş'=>'S',
'š'=>'s', 'ŝ'=>'s', 'ś'=>'s', 'ş'=>'s',
'Ŧ'=>'T', 'Ţ'=>'T', 'Ť'=>'T',
'ŧ'=>'t', 'ţ'=>'t', 'ť'=>'t',
'Ù'=>'U', 'Ú'=>'U', 'Û'=>'U', 'Ü'=>'U', 'Ũ'=>'U', 'Ū'=>'U', 'Ŭ'=>'U', 'Ů'=>'U', 'Ű'=>'U', 'Ų'=>'U',
'ù'=>'u', 'ú'=>'u', 'û'=>'u', 'ü'=>'u', 'ũ'=>'u', 'ū'=>'u', 'ŭ'=>'u', 'ů'=>'u', 'ű'=>'u', 'ų'=>'u',
'Ŵ'=>'W', 'Ẁ'=>'W', 'Ẃ'=>'W', 'Ẅ'=>'W',
'ŵ'=>'w', 'ẁ'=>'w', 'ẃ'=>'w', 'ẅ'=>'w',
'Ý'=>'Y', 'Ÿ'=>'Y', 'Ŷ'=>'Y',
'ý'=>'y', 'ÿ'=>'y', 'ŷ'=>'y',
'Ž'=>'Z', 'Ź'=>'Z', 'Ż'=>'Z',
'ž'=>'z', 'ź'=>'z', 'ż'=>'z',
'“'=>'"', '”'=>'"', '‘'=>"'", '’'=>"'", '•'=>'-', '…'=>'...', '—'=>'-', '–'=>'-', '¿'=>'?', '¡'=>'!', '°'=>' degrees ',
'¼'=>' 1/4 ', '½'=>' 1/2 ', '¾'=>' 3/4 ', '⅓'=>' 1/3 ', '⅔'=>' 2/3 ', '⅛'=>' 1/8 ', '⅜'=>' 3/8 ', '⅝'=>' 5/8 ', '⅞'=>' 7/8 ',
'÷'=>' divided by ', '×'=>' times ', '±'=>' plus-minus ', '√'=>' square root ', '∞'=>' infinity ',
'≈'=>' almost equal to ', '≠'=>' not equal to ', '≡'=>' identical to ', '≤'=>' less than or equal to ', '≥'=>' greater than or equal to ',
'←'=>' left ', '→'=>' right ', '↑'=>' up ', '↓'=>' down ', '↔'=>' left and right ', '↕'=>' up and down ',
'℅'=>' care of ', '℮' => ' estimated ',
'Ω'=>' ohm ',
'♀'=>' female ', '♂'=>' male ',
'©'=>' Copyright ', '®'=>' Registered ', '™' =>' Trademark ',
);
$string = strtr($string, $table);
// Currency symbols: £¤¥€ - we dont bother with them for now
$string = preg_replace("/[^\x9\xA\xD\x20-\x7F]/u", "", $string);
return $string;
}
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