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mrcodefinger/freeStringFromGermanUmlauts.php

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Free string from German umlauts
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freeStringFromGermanUmlauts.php
function cleanString($string) {
$string = str_replace([' ', 'Ä', 'ä', 'Ö', 'ö', 'Ü', 'ü', 'ß'], [' ', 'Ae', 'ae', 'Oe', 'oe', 'Ue', 'ue', 'ss'], $string);
$string = preg_replace('/[^A-Za-z0-9\-]/', '-', $string);
return preg_replace('/-+/', '-', $string);
}
echo cleanString('In Köln trinkt man Kölsch und in Düsseldorf trinkt man Alt.'
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