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salipro4ever / PHP Clean String of UTF8 Chars – Convert to similar ASCII char

Created November 6, 2014 03:44

PHP Clean String of UTF8 Chars – Convert to similar ASCII char

	/**
	* Returns an string clean of UTF8 characters. It will convert them to a similar ASCII character
	* www.unexpectedit.com
	*/
	function cleanString($text) {
	// 1) convert á ô => a o
	$text = preg_replace("/[áàâãªä]/u","a",$text);
	$text = preg_replace("/[ÁÀÂÃÄ]/u","A",$text);
	$text = preg_replace("/[ÍÌÎÏ]/u","I",$text);
	$text = preg_replace("/[íìîï]/u","i",$text);