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Description

Transliterate function

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Syntax

transliterate($string)

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
$string		$string The string to transliterate

Returns

string The transliteration of the string

Defined in

libraries/joomla/language/language.php

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.language.language' );

Source Body

function transliterate($string)
{
        $string = htmlentities(utf8_decode($string));
        $string = preg_replace(
                array('/ß/','/&(..)lig;/', '/&([aouAOU])uml;/','/&(.)[^;]*;/'),
                array('ss',"$1","$1".'e',"$1"),
                $string);

        return $string;
}

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Examples

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