[Resolved] filtering the data

[amrigo]

hi

i have an aplication where i can not allow these characters?
ç (choose to c)
´ (choose to the letter that receive this character)
~ (choose to the letter that receive this character)
^ (choose to the letter that receive this character)
` (choose to the letter that receive this character)
' (erase it)
" (erase it)
; (erase it)
. (erase it)
, (erase it)

How can i do this? using regex?
thanks in advance
,

[devinemke]

Originally posted by amrigo
´ (choose to the letter that receive this character)

what does this mean exactly? what character do you want to substitute?

[amrigo]

i mean if i have an "ã" or "á" or "" it must be "a"
and so on ...

[amrigo]

I know ereg replace can do this:
$name = ereg_replace ("ç", "C", $name);

I need to aply the same filters for many string
and replace strings like á or ó í for : a or e or i

How can i maintain the letters and erase the acentuations?

[dnast]

You can just use [man]str_replace[/man]. Create match and replace arrays and plug them in.

function filter_text ($original_string) {
    $match = array(
      "à",
      "á",
      "â",
      "À",
      "Á",
      "Â",
      "æ");

$replace = array(
  "a",
  "a",
  "a",
  "A",
  "A",
  "A",
  "ae");

$filtered = str_replace($match,$replace,$original_string);
return $filtered;
}

Of course you'll have to add a lot more characters to the array, but you'll only have to do it once.

[amrigo]

thank´s