Replace accented characters with str_replace()
In the following code snippet, we’ll convert a string that’s accented with diacritics (such as é) to plain ASCII in a readable form. We’ll use PHP’s str_replace and strtr functions to replace all the diacritic characters with standard ones.
Replace a single character with str_replace():
$text = "héllo"; $from = "é"; $to = "e"; $newText = str_replace($from, $to, $text);
Example: Replacing accented characters with str_replace()
<?php $from = array( 'à', 'á', 'â', 'ã', 'ä', 'å', 'æ', 'À', 'Á', 'Â', 'Ã', 'Ä', 'Å', 'Æ', 'ß', 'ç', 'Ç', 'è', 'é', 'ê', 'ë', 'È', 'É', 'Ê', 'Ë', 'ì', 'í', 'î', 'ï', 'Ì', 'Í', 'Î', 'Ï', 'ñ', 'Ñ', 'ò', 'ó', 'ô', 'õ', 'ö', 'Ò', 'Ó', 'Ô', 'Õ', 'Ö', 'š', 'Š', 'ù', 'ú', 'û', 'ü', 'Ù', 'Ú', 'Û', 'Ü', 'ý', 'Ý', 'ž', 'Ž' ); $to = array( 'a', 'a', 'a', 'a', 'a', 'a', 'a', 'A', 'A', 'A', 'A', 'A', 'A', 'A', 'B', 'c', 'C', 'e', 'e', 'e', 'e', 'E', 'E', 'E', 'E', 'i', 'i', 'i', 'i', 'I', 'I', 'I', 'I', 'n', 'N', 'o', 'o', 'o', 'o', 'o', 'O', 'O', 'O', 'O', 'O', 's', 'S', 'u', 'u', 'u', 'u', 'U', 'U', 'U', 'U', 'y', 'Y', 'z', 'Z' ); $text = 'Hëllô wörld, ßræînßèll.çõm'; echo str_replace($from, $to, $text); //Prints: Hello world, BrainBell.com
Replacing accents with strtr()
For detail, visit How to use strtr().
<?php
$text = 'héllö';
$translation = array('é' => 'e', 'ö'=>'o');
echo strtr($text, $translation);
//Prints: hello
Example: Remove or replace accents with strtr()
<?php $trns = array( 'à'=>'a', 'á'=>'a', 'â'=>'a', 'ã'=>'a', 'ä'=>'a', 'å'=>'a', 'æ'=>'a', 'À'=>'A', 'Á'=>'A', 'Â'=>'A', 'Ã'=>'A', 'Ä'=>'A', 'Å'=>'A', 'Æ'=>'A', 'ß'=>'B', 'ç'=>'c', 'Ç'=>'C', 'è'=>'e', 'é'=>'e', 'ê'=>'e', 'ë'=>'e', 'È'=>'E', 'É'=>'E', 'Ê'=>'E', 'Ë'=>'E', 'ì'=>'i', 'í'=>'i', 'î'=>'i', 'ï'=>'i', 'Ì'=>'I', 'Í'=>'I', 'Î'=>'I', 'Ï'=>'I', 'ñ'=>'n', 'Ñ'=>'N', 'ò'=>'o', 'ó'=>'o', 'ô'=>'o', 'õ'=>'o', 'ö'=>'o', 'Ò'=>'O', 'Ó'=>'O', 'Ô'=>'O', 'Õ'=>'O', 'Ö'=>'O', 'š'=>'s', 'Š'=>'S', 'ù'=>'u', 'ú'=>'u', 'û'=>'u', 'ü'=>'u', 'Ù'=>'U', 'Ú'=>'U', 'Û'=>'U', 'Ü'=>'U', 'ý'=>'y', 'Ý'=>'Y', 'ž'=>'z', 'Ž'=>'Z' ); $str = 'Hëllô wörld, ßræînßèll.çõm'; echo strtr($str, $trns); //Prints: Hello world, BrainBell.com
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