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Created April 14, 2014 12:25
PHP replacing special characters like à->a, è->e
// http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10152894/php-replacing-special-characters-like-a-a-e-e?answertab=votes#tab-top
// PHP.net User notes
<?php
$string = "ʿABBĀSĀBĀD";
echo iconv('UTF-8', 'ISO-8859-1//TRANSLIT', $string);
// output: [nothing, and you get a notice]
echo iconv('UTF-8', 'ISO-8859-1//IGNORE', $string);