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| author | Derek Jones <derek.jones@ellislab.com> | 2010-03-10 21:22:59 +0100 |
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| committer | Derek Jones <derek.jones@ellislab.com> | 2010-03-10 21:22:59 +0100 |
| commit | 1a19592c5dca055b857177ed35a10294dded78ee (patch) | |
| tree | 7aa622c6a4fc8a7f9330fb343b506e6d1418cf92 /user_guide/helpers/text_helper.html | |
| parent | ad1171a6797dc0054381327fb26a9e9e232a639e (diff) | |
added docs for convert_accented_characters() in the Text Helper
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diff --git a/user_guide/helpers/text_helper.html b/user_guide/helpers/text_helper.html index c80300c8b..9e8f8f5e1 100644 --- a/user_guide/helpers/text_helper.html +++ b/user_guide/helpers/text_helper.html @@ -115,6 +115,13 @@ part it should correctly identify characters outside the normal range (like acce <p>This function does the opposite of the previous one; it turns character entities back into ASCII.</p> +<h2>convert_accented_characters()</h2> + +<p>Transliterates high ASCII characters to low ASCII equivalents, useful when non-English characters need to be used where only standard ASCII characters are safely used, for instance, in URLs.</p> + +<code>$string = convert_accented_characters($string);</code> + +<p>This function uses a companion config file <dfn>system/application/config/foreign_chars.php</dfn> to define the to and from array for transliteration.</p> <h2>word_censor()</h2> |