Is there an easy way to replace …ÂÃ... using str replace

Hello all,

I am looking for an easy way to replace all these none english characters using str replace.

At the moment i am using

$to_replace = array("Ã","ƒ","â","¦","š");

PHP:

Is there an easier way to do this instead of my way?

Thanks

 

That's the same way I do it to, I would like to know a better way!

 

Use this function:

function cleanname($thename){
$patternCounter=0;

/*
$patterns[$patternCounter] = '/[\x21-\x2d]/u'; // remove range of shifted characters on keyboard - !"#$%&'()*+,-
$patternCounter++;

$patterns[$patternCounter] = '/[\x5b-\x60]/u'; // remove range including brackets - []\^_`
$patternCounter++;
*/

$patterns[$patternCounter] = '/[\x7b-\xff]/u'; // remove all characters above the letter z.  This will eliminate some non-English language letters
$patternCounter++;

$replacement ="";

     return preg_replace($patterns, $replacement, $thename);
}

$new_name = cleanname($thename);

PHP:

Peace,

 

I could not make it work.

 

Thanks, I will try this. does anyone know why these characters show up in the first place?

 

Something to do with character set I think.

 

Convert it to ISO-8859-1

$newText = iconv("UTF-8", "ISO-8859-1", "…ÂÃ");

PHP:

 

<?
$find[] = '“'; // left side double smart quote
$find[] = '”'; // right side double smart quote
$find[] = '‘'; // left side single smart quote
$find[] = '’'; // right side single smart quote
$find[] = '…'; // elipsis
$find[] = '—'; // em dash
$find[] = '–'; // en dash

$replace[] = '"';
$replace[] = '"';
$replace[] = "'";
$replace[] = "'";
$replace[] = "...";
$replace[] = "-";
$replace[] = "-";

$text = str_replace($find, $replace, $text);
?>

lol, a bit old but how knows.. it still useful