Where add my text

Hi,

I'm beginner in PHP. I have this script

<?
function remove_accents($str) {
  $str = htmlentities($str, ENT_COMPAT, "UTF-8");
  $str = preg_replace('/&([a-zA-Z])(uml|acute|grave|circ|tilde|cedil|ring);/','$1',$str);
  $from = explode(" ", "&#192; &#193; &#194; &#195; &#196; &#197; &#199; &#200; &#201; &#202; &#203; &#204; &#205; &#206; &#207; &#208; &#209; &#210; &#211; &#212; &#213; &#214; &#217; &#218; &#219; &#220; &#221; &#224; &#225; &#226; &#227; &#228; &#229; &#230; &#231; &#232; &#233; &#234; &#235; &#236; &#237; &#238; &#239; &#240; &#241; &#242; &#243; &#244; &#245; &#246; &#249; &#250; &#251; &#252; &#253; &#255; &#256; &#257; &#258; &#259; &#260; &#261; &#262; &#263; &#264; &#265; &#266; &#267; &#268; &#269; &#270; &#271; &#272; &#273; &#274; &#275; &#276; &#277; &#278; &#279; &#280; &#281; &#282; &#283; &#284; &#285; &#286; &#287; &#288; &#289; &#290; &#291; &#292; &#293; &#294; &#295; &#296; &#297; &#298; &#299; &#300; &#301; &#302; &#303; &#304; &#305; &#308; &#309; &#310; &#311; &#312; &#313; &#314; &#315; &#316; &#317; &#318; &#319; &#320; &#321; &#322; &#323; &#324; &#325; &#326; &#327; &#328; &#329; &#330; &#331; &#332; &#333; &#334; &#335; &#336; &#337; &#340; &#341; &#342; &#343; &#344; &#345; &#346; &#347; &#348; &#349; &#350; &#351; &#352; &#353; &#354; &#355; &#356; &#357; &#360; &#361; &#362; &#363; &#364; &#365; &#366; &#367; &#368; &#369; &#370; &#371; &#372; &#373; &#374; &#375; &#376; &#377; &#378; &#379; &#380; &#381; &#382; ă î â ș ț Ă Î Â Ș Ț ă î â ÅŸ Å£ Ä‚ ÃŽ  Ş Å¢");
  $to = explode(" ", "A A A A A A C E E E E I I I I D N O O O O O U U U U Y a a a a a a a c e e e e i i i i o n o o o o o u u u u y y A a A a A a C c C c C c C c D d D d E e E e E e E e E e G g G g G g G g G H H h I i I i I i I i I i J j K k k L l L l L l L l L l N n N n N n n N n O o O o O o R r R r R r S s S s S s S s T t T t U u U u U u U u U u U u W w Y y Y Z z Z z Z z a i a s t A I A S T a i a s t A I A S T");
  return str_replace($from, $to, html_entity_decode($str));
}
?>

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which remove accents from letters. But how to use it? Where should I add the text that I want to edit?

Sry for my stupid question, but I'm lammer in PHP.

 

if you want use this function...
try this

<?php
function remove_accents($str) {
  $str = htmlentities($str, ENT_COMPAT, "UTF-8");
  $str = preg_replace('/&([a-zA-Z])(uml|acute|grave|circ|tilde|cedil|ring);/','$1',$str);
  $from = explode(" ", "À Á Â Ã Ä Å Ç È É Ê Ë Ì Í Î Ï Ð Ñ Ò Ó Ô Õ Ö Ù Ú Û Ü Ý à á â ã ä å æ ç è é ê ë ì í î ï ð ñ ò ó ô õ ö ù ú û ü ý ÿ Ā ā Ă ă Ą ą Ć ć Ĉ ĉ Ċ ċ Č č Ď ď Đ đ Ē ē Ĕ ĕ Ė ė Ę ę Ě ě Ĝ ĝ Ğ ğ Ġ ġ Ģ ģ Ĥ ĥ Ħ ħ Ĩ ĩ Ī ī Ĭ ĭ Į į İ ı Ĵ ĵ Ķ ķ ĸ Ĺ ĺ Ļ ļ Ľ ľ Ŀ ŀ Ł ł Ń ń Ņ ņ Ň ň ʼn Ŋ ŋ Ō ō Ŏ ŏ Ő ő Ŕ ŕ Ŗ ŗ Ř ř Ś ś Ŝ ŝ Ş ş Š š Ţ ţ Ť ť Ũ ũ Ū ū Ŭ ŭ Ů ů Ű ű Ų ų Ŵ ŵ Ŷ ŷ Ÿ Ź ź Ż ż Ž ž ă î â ș ț Ă Î Â Ș Ț ă î â ÅŸ Å£ Ä‚ ÃŽ  Ş Å¢");
  $to = explode(" ", "A A A A A A C E E E E I I I I D N O O O O O U U U U Y a a a a a a a c e e e e i i i i o n o o o o o u u u u y y A a A a A a C c C c C c C c D d D d E e E e E e E e E e G g G g G g G g G H H h I i I i I i I i I i J j K k k L l L l L l L l L l N n N n N n n N n O o O o O o R r R r R r S s S s S s S s T t T t U u U u U u U u U u U u W w Y y Y Z z Z z Z z a i a s t A I A S T a i a s t A I A S T");
  return str_replace($from, $to, html_entity_decode($str));
}

$str = "Type your text here";

//if you want print your output use this script
echo remove_acents($str);
?>

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That doesn't work. It gives me only blank screen.

 

sorry my mistake
replace

echo remove_acents($str);

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with this

echo remove_accents($str);

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Thanks rep+