Oihana Php Core

latinize.php

latinize() : string: Converts a string by replacing accented Latin characters with their ASCII equivalents.

Converts a string by replacing accented Latin characters with their ASCII equivalents.


    
                    latinize([string $source = '' ]) : string

This method transliterates accented characters such as 'é', 'ü', or 'ñ' into their closest ASCII counterparts ('e', 'u', 'n').

$source : string = '': The input string containing accented Latin characters.

example

echo latinize('Café Münsterländer'); // Outputs: Cafe Munsterlander
echo latinize('¡Hola señor!');      // Outputs: ¡Hola senor!

author

Marc Alcaraz (ekameleon)

since

1.0.0

string —

The transliterated string with ASCII characters only.