This Codeigniter function doesn't account for all accented characters

Question

This is a list of accented characters I have found here.

ÂÃÄÀÁÅÆÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÐÑÒÓÔÕÖØÙÚÛÜÝÞßàáâãäåæçèéêëìíîïðñòóôõöøùúûüýþÿ

I have used the Codeigniter function convert_accented_characters to convert accented characters to ASCII characters. However, it seems to fail for two characters (Þ and þ), see output:

AAAeAAAAECEEEEIIIIDjNOOOOOeOUUUUeYÞssaaaaaeaaeceeeeiiiidjnoooooeouuuueyþy

How can I extend this array to account for these two characters.

Would this change be adequate?

'/п/Þ/þ' => 'p', at line 88? I am not familiar with those characters and what language they are from!

Alessandro Minoccheri · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-23T18:15:54.953

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You should add this code

'/Þ|þ/' => 'th',
'/п/' => 'p',

to the array in file application/config/foreign_chars.php

This array is used to define transliteration

Þ or þ are coming from the Icelandic alphabets. Are replaced with the digraph th in english

п is from Cyrillic alphabet and translate in english as p

edited Apr 23 '15 at 18:15

answered Apr 23 '15 at 15:12

Alessandro Minoccheri

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I think the syntax is `'/Þ|þ/' => 'th'`. This is the sort of change I was expecting thank you. – Abs Apr 23 '15 at 15:46
It isn't a slash it's a pipe `|`. – Abs Apr 23 '15 at 16:05
Perfect, I made a pull request for this change and it was accepted so thank you. :-) – Abs Apr 23 '15 at 18:27

This Codeigniter function doesn't account for all accented characters

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