mapSpecialCharacters

mapSpecialCharacters

<?php
     /**
     * Map Special Characters to avoid problems with Fedex API
     *
     * @param string|array $input input
     *
     * @return string
     */
    public function mapSpecialCharacters($input)
    {
        // If array recursion
        if (is_array($input)) {
            foreach ($input as $key => $value) {
                $input[$key] = $this->mapSpecialCharacters($value);
            }
            return $input;
        } else {
            $convertTable = array(
                '&amp;' => 'and',   '@' => 'at',    '©' => 'c', '®' => 'r', 'À' => 'a',
                'Á' => 'a', 'Â' => 'a', 'Ä' => 'a', 'Å' => 'a', 'Æ' => 'ae','Ç' => 'c',
                'È' => 'e', 'É' => 'e', 'Ë' => 'e', 'Ì' => 'i', 'Í' => 'i', 'Î' => 'i',
                'Ï' => 'i', 'Ò' => 'o', 'Ó' => 'o', 'Ô' => 'o', 'Õ' => 'o', 'Ö' => 'o',
                'Ø' => 'o', 'Ù' => 'u', 'Ú' => 'u', 'Û' => 'u', 'Ü' => 'u', 'Ý' => 'y',
                'ß' => 'ss','à' => 'a', 'á' => 'a', 'â' => 'a', 'ä' => 'a', 'å' => 'a',
                'æ' => 'ae','ç' => 'c', 'è' => 'e', 'é' => 'e', 'ê' => 'e', 'ë' => 'e',
                'ì' => 'i', 'í' => 'i', 'î' => 'i', 'ï' => 'i', 'ò' => 'o', 'ó' => 'o',
                'ô' => 'o', 'õ' => 'o', 'ö' => 'o', 'ø' => 'o', 'ù' => 'u', 'ú' => 'u',
                'û' => 'u', 'ü' => 'u', 'ý' => 'y', 'þ' => 'p', 'ÿ' => 'y', 'Ā' => 'a',
                'ā' => 'a', 'Ă' => 'a', 'ă' => 'a', 'Ą' => 'a', 'ą' => 'a', 'Ć' => 'c',
                'ć' => 'c', 'Ĉ' => 'c', 'ĉ' => 'c', 'Ċ' => 'c', 'ċ' => 'c', 'Č' => 'c',
                'č' => 'c', 'Ď' => 'd', 'ď' => 'd', 'Đ' => 'd', 'đ' => 'd', 'Ē' => 'e',
                'ē' => 'e', 'Ĕ' => 'e', 'ĕ' => 'e', 'Ė' => 'e', 'ė' => 'e', 'Ę' => 'e',
                'ę' => 'e', 'Ě' => 'e', 'ě' => 'e', 'Ĝ' => 'g', 'ĝ' => 'g', 'Ğ' => 'g',
                'ğ' => 'g', 'Ġ' => 'g', 'ġ' => 'g', 'Ģ' => 'g', 'ģ' => 'g', 'Ĥ' => 'h',
                'ĥ' => 'h', 'Ħ' => 'h', 'ħ' => 'h', 'Ĩ' => 'i', 'ĩ' => 'i', 'Ī' => 'i',
                'ī' => 'i', 'Ĭ' => 'i', 'ĭ' => 'i', 'Į' => 'i', 'į' => 'i', 'İ' => 'i',
                'ı' => 'i', 'IJ' => 'ij','ij' => 'ij','Ĵ' => 'j', 'ĵ' => 'j', 'Ķ' => 'k',
                'ķ' => 'k', 'ĸ' => 'k', 'Ĺ' => 'l', 'ĺ' => 'l', 'Ļ' => 'l', 'ļ' => 'l',
                'Ľ' => 'l', 'ľ' => 'l', 'Ŀ' => 'l', 'ŀ' => 'l', 'Ł' => 'l', 'ł' => 'l',
                'Ń' => 'n', 'ń' => 'n', 'Ņ' => 'n', 'ņ' => 'n', 'Ň' => 'n', 'ň' => 'n',
                'ʼn' => 'n', 'Ŋ' => 'n', 'ŋ' => 'n', 'Ō' => 'o', 'ō' => 'o', 'Ŏ' => 'o',
                'ŏ' => 'o', 'Ő' => 'o', 'ő' => 'o', 'Œ' => 'oe','œ' => 'oe','Ŕ' => 'r',
                'ŕ' => 'r', 'Ŗ' => 'r', 'ŗ' => 'r', 'Ř' => 'r', 'ř' => 'r', 'Ś' => 's',
                'ś' => 's', 'Ŝ' => 's', 'ŝ' => 's', 'Ş' => 's', 'ş' => 's', 'Š' => 's',
                'š' => 's', 'Ţ' => 't', 'ţ' => 't', 'Ť' => 't', 'ť' => 't', 'Ŧ' => 't',
                'ŧ' => 't', 'Ũ' => 'u', 'ũ' => 'u', 'Ū' => 'u', 'ū' => 'u', 'Ŭ' => 'u',
                'ŭ' => 'u', 'Ů' => 'u', 'ů' => 'u', 'Ű' => 'u', 'ű' => 'u', 'Ų' => 'u',
                'ų' => 'u', 'Ŵ' => 'w', 'ŵ' => 'w', 'Ŷ' => 'y', 'ŷ' => 'y', 'Ÿ' => 'y',
                'Ź' => 'z', 'ź' => 'z', 'Ż' => 'z', 'ż' => 'z', 'Ž' => 'z', 'ž' => 'z',
                'ſ' => 'z', 'Ə' => 'e', 'ƒ' => 'f', 'Ơ' => 'o', 'ơ' => 'o', 'Ư' => 'u',
                'ư' => 'u', 'Ǎ' => 'a', 'ǎ' => 'a', 'Ǐ' => 'i', 'ǐ' => 'i', 'Ǒ' => 'o',
                'ǒ' => 'o', 'Ǔ' => 'u', 'ǔ' => 'u', 'Ǖ' => 'u', 'ǖ' => 'u', 'Ǘ' => 'u',
                'ǘ' => 'u', 'Ǚ' => 'u', 'ǚ' => 'u', 'Ǜ' => 'u', 'ǜ' => 'u', 'Ǻ' => 'a',
                'ǻ' => 'a', 'Ǽ' => 'ae','ǽ' => 'ae','Ǿ' => 'o', 'ǿ' => 'o', 'ə' => 'e',
                'Ё' => 'jo','Є' => 'e', 'І' => 'i', 'Ї' => 'i', 'А' => 'a', 'Б' => 'b',
                'В' => 'v', 'Г' => 'g', 'Д' => 'd', 'Е' => 'e', 'Ж' => 'zh','З' => 'z',
                'И' => 'i', 'Й' => 'j', 'К' => 'k', 'Л' => 'l', 'М' => 'm', 'Н' => 'n',
                'О' => 'o', 'П' => 'p', 'Р' => 'r', 'С' => 's', 'Т' => 't', 'У' => 'u',
                'Ф' => 'f', 'Х' => 'h', 'Ц' => 'c', 'Ч' => 'ch','Ш' => 'sh','Щ' => 'sch',
                'Ъ' => '-', 'Ы' => 'y', 'Ь' => '-', 'Э' => 'je','Ю' => 'ju','Я' => 'ja',
                'а' => 'a', 'б' => 'b', 'в' => 'v', 'г' => 'g', 'д' => 'd', 'е' => 'e',
                'ж' => 'zh','з' => 'z', 'и' => 'i', 'й' => 'j', 'к' => 'k', 'л' => 'l',
                'м' => 'm', 'н' => 'n', 'о' => 'o', 'п' => 'p', 'р' => 'r', 'с' => 's',
                'т' => 't', 'у' => 'u', 'ф' => 'f', 'х' => 'h', 'ц' => 'c', 'ч' => 'ch',
                'ш' => 'sh','щ' => 'sch','ъ' => '-','ы' => 'y', 'ь' => '-', 'э' => 'je',
                'ю' => 'ju','я' => 'ja','ё' => 'jo','є' => 'e', 'і' => 'i', 'ї' => 'i',
                'Ґ' => 'g', 'ґ' => 'g', 'א' => 'a', 'ב' => 'b', 'ג' => 'g', 'ד' => 'd',
                'ה' => 'h', 'ו' => 'v', 'ז' => 'z', 'ח' => 'h', 'ט' => 't', 'י' => 'i',
                'ך' => 'k', 'כ' => 'k', 'ל' => 'l', 'ם' => 'm', 'מ' => 'm', 'ן' => 'n',
                'נ' => 'n', 'ס' => 's', 'ע' => 'e', 'ף' => 'p', 'פ' => 'p', 'ץ' => 'C',
                'צ' => 'c', 'ק' => 'q', 'ר' => 'r', 'ש' => 'w', 'ת' => 't', '™' => 'tm',
            );
            return strtr($input, $convertTable);
        }