Replacing accented characters?

Hey all,

I'm looking for recommendations on how to replace accented
characters, like e and u with those two little dots above
them, with the regular e and u characters.

I'm finding some solutions via Google, but would like to hear
from some of you to hear how you handle those situations.

Thanks,
Skip

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Re: Replacing accented characters?

Looks like strtr() is the way to go?

Skip

Skip Evans wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> I'm looking for recommendations on how to replace accented characters,
> like e and u with those two little dots above them, with the regular e
> and u characters.
>
> I'm finding some solutions via Google, but would like to hear from some
> of you to hear how you handle those situations.
>
> Thanks,
> Skip
>

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Re: Replacing accented characters?

On Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:55:46 -0600, Skip Evans wrote:

>I'm looking for recommendations on how to replace accented
>characters, like e and u with those two little dots above
>them, with the regular e and u characters.

$newText = iconv('UTF-8', 'ASCII//TRANSLIT', $text);

But ensure you have set your locale properly.

http://au.php.net/manual/en/function.iconv.php
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Re: Re: Replacing accented characters?

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On Thu, 2010-01-28 at 10:25 +1100, Ross McKay wrote:

> On Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:55:46 -0600, Skip Evans wrote:
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> >I'm looking for recommendations on how to replace accented=20
> >characters, like e and u with those two little dots above=20
> >them, with the regular e and u characters.
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> $newText =3D iconv('UTF-8', 'ASCII//TRANSLIT', $text);
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> But ensure you have set your locale properly.
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> http://au.php.net/manual/en/function.iconv.php
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> Ross McKay, Toronto NSW Australia
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> Is give peas a chance" - SeedSavers
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Don't forget that changing some characters can actually change the words
and meanings of words. While an ë might look like and e, it's actually=
a
completely different character, with a different pronunciation to go
with it.

Is there some particular web service you're using that doesn't support
utf8 character sets?=20

Thanks,
Ash
http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk



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Re: Re: Replacing accented characters?

On Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:38:42 +0000, Ashley Sheridan wrote:

>Don't forget that changing some characters can actually change the words
>and meanings of words. While an ë might look like and e, it's actually a
>completely different character, with a different pronunciation to go
>with it. [...]

True. But for the purposes of "cleaning up" URLs (not I18N friendly, but
practical on Anglo-centric websites) it has its uses.
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Re: Replacing accented characters?

On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 04:55:46PM -0600, Skip Evans wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> I'm looking for recommendations on how to replace accented
> characters, like e and u with those two little dots above
> them, with the regular e and u characters.

FWIW, those two dots are called an "umlaut".

Paul

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Re: Replacing accented characters?

On 28.01.2010 03:40, Paul M Foster wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 04:55:46PM -0600, Skip Evans wrote:
>
>> Hey all,
>>
>> I'm looking for recommendations on how to replace accented
>> characters, like e and u with those two little dots above
>> them, with the regular e and u characters.
>
> FWIW, those two dots are called an "umlaut".
>
> Paul
>

FWIW, the whole letters ÄäÖöÜü are called "Umlaute" (umlauts).
The two dots above *these* letters are "Umlautzeichen" (umlaut marks).
But two dots above an e or i are called "Trema" (diacritic mark).

Marcus

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Re: Replacing accented characters?

At 12:17 PM +0100 1/28/10, Marcus Gnaß wrote:
>On 28.01.2010 03:40, Paul M Foster wrote:
>> On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 04:55:46PM -0600, Skip Evans wrote:
>>
>>> Hey all,
>>>
>>> I'm looking for recommendations on how to replace accented
>>> characters, like e and u with those two little dots above
>>> them, with the regular e and u characters.
>>
>> FWIW, those two dots are called an "umlaut".
>>
>> Paul
>>
>
>FWIW, the whole letters ÄäÖöÜü are called "Umlaute" (umlauts).
>The two dots above *these* letters are "Umlautzeichen" (umlaut marks).
>But two dots above an e or i are called "Trema" (diacritic mark).
>
>Marcus

On what other list could we learn that?

Thanks,

tedd

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Re: Replacing accented characters?

tedd wrote:
> At 12:17 PM +0100 1/28/10, Marcus Gnaß wrote:
>> On 28.01.2010 03:40, Paul M Foster wrote:
>>> On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 04:55:46PM -0600, Skip Evans wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hey all,
>>>>
>>>> I'm looking for recommendations on how to replace accented
>>>> characters, like e and u with those two little dots above
>>>> them, with the regular e and u characters.
>>> FWIW, those two dots are called an "umlaut".
>>>
>>> Paul
>>>
>> FWIW, the whole letters ÄäÖöÜü are called "Umlaute" (umlauts).
>> The two dots above *these* letters are "Umlautzeichen" (umlaut marks).
>> But two dots above an e or i are called "Trema" (diacritic mark).
>>
>> Marcus
>
> On what other list could we learn that?

A linguistics list I'd wager.

:B

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Re: Replacing accented characters?

At 9:28 AM -0500 1/28/10, Robert Cummings wrote:
>tedd wrote:
>>At 12:17 PM +0100 1/28/10, Marcus Gnaß wrote:
>>>On 28.01.2010 03:40, Paul M Foster wrote:
>>>> On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 04:55:46PM -0600, Skip Evans wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hey all,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm looking for recommendations on how to replace accented
>>>>> characters, like e and u with those two little dots above
>>>>> them, with the regular e and u characters.
>>>> FWIW, those two dots are called an "umlaut".
>>>>
>>>> Paul
>>>>
>>>FWIW, the whole letters ÄäÖöÜü are called "Umlaute" (umlauts)=

>>>The two dots above *these* letters are "Umlautzeichen" (umlaut marks).
>>>But two dots above an e or i are called "Trema" (diacritic mark).
>>>
>>>Marcus
>>
>>On what other list could we learn that?
>
>A linguistics list I'd wager.
>
>:B
>
>Cheers,
>Rob.


And let's not forget the Trema list. :-)

My point was more to the theme that we are an=20
eclectic group of people with a wide range of=20
knowledge and skills. Individually we may have=20
trouble finding our ass, but together we can find=20
the answer to many things.

Cheers,

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Re: Replacing accented characters?

On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 02:38:52PM -0500, tedd wrote:



> My point was more to the theme that we are an eclectic group of people
> with a wide range of knowledge and skills. Individually we may have
> trouble finding our ass, but together we can find the answer to many
> things.

I just got this image of all of us at a table at the local Chili's
twirling around in place like dogs, trying to find our asses.

Paul

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Re: Replacing accented characters?

Paul M Foster wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 02:38:52PM -0500, tedd wrote:
>
>
>
>> My point was more to the theme that we are an eclectic group of people
>> with a wide range of knowledge and skills. Individually we may have
>> trouble finding our ass, but together we can find the answer to many
>> things.
>
> I just got this image of all of us at a table at the local Chili's
> twirling around in place like dogs, trying to find our asses.

I wish you'd stop grabbing ming!! :B

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Re: Replacing accented characters?

Robert Cummings wrote:
> Paul M Foster wrote:
>> On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 02:38:52PM -0500, tedd wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> My point was more to the theme that we are an eclectic group of people
>>> with a wide range of knowledge and skills. Individually we may have
>>> trouble finding our ass, but together we can find the answer to many
>>> things.
>> I just got this image of all of us at a table at the local Chili's
>> twirling around in place like dogs, trying to find our asses.
>
> I wish you'd stop grabbing ming!! :B

Mine even... doh!


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