Need help with str_replace

[JuanDBB]

Hello,

 

Sorry if this is too simple, but I'm becoming crazy with this. I want to change special characters like á, é, é, ó ú and ñ for a,e,i,o,u, n

 

I'm doing this:

 

function friendlyName($name) {

    $name = strtolower($name);

 

    $name = str_replace(" ", "", $name);

 

    $find = array('á', 'é', 'í', 'ó', 'ú', 'ñ');

    $repl = array('a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u', 'n');

    $name = str_replace ($find, $repl, $name);

 

    return $name;

}

 

BUT this doesn't work. It doesn't replace anything. If the name is "La Coruña" it returns "lacoruña" or if it's "León" it returns "león"

 

Anybody has an idea about what may be happening?

 

Thanks a lot in advance!

[Psycho]

Odd. The function works for me. Must be something to do with the character encoding for the page.

 

However, here is a more complete list of character replacements. (found it here: http://www.randomsequence.com/articles/removing-accented-utf-8-characters-with-php/)

 

<?php

function friendlyName($name)
{
    $find = explode(","," ,ç,æ,œ,á,é,í,ó,ú,à,è,ì,ò,ù,ä,ë,ï,ö,ü,ÿ,â,ê,î,ô,û,å,e,i,ø,u");
    $repl = explode(",",",c,ae,oe,a,e,i,o,u,a,e,i,o,u,a,e,i,o,u,y,a,e,i,o,u,a,e,i,o,u");
    return str_replace ($find, $repl, strtolower($name));
}

echo friendlyName("La Coruña"); //Output: lacoruna
echo friendlyName("León"); //Output: leon

?>