How can I convert foreign characters to english characters using PHP?

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How would I go about converting foreign characters to english characters?

Please add some more detail and examples. What is a "foreign character"? — Pekka, Dec 25 '10 at 18:49
possible duplicate of [Remove accents without using iconv](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3542818/remove-accents-without-using-iconv) — ajreal, Dec 25 '10 at 18:49
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1284535/php-transliteration — Rosh Oxymoron, Dec 25 '10 at 20:04

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 25 '10 at 18:48

2

Mapping them:

$map = array(
    'á' => 'a',
    'e' => 'e',
// ...
);

$text = str_replace(array_keys($map), array_values($map), $text);

answered Dec 25 '10 at 18:48

ssice

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

2

PHP has strtr() that can achieve this. Read more here

The first entry under User Contributed Notes has something that should help you

edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

Community

answered Dec 25 '10 at 18:51

Chris Ghenea

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 25 '10 at 18:53

0

create an character mapping array with element format: foreign characters => english characters
and replace string with all array element.

answered Dec 25 '10 at 18:53

erinus

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