Cyrillic transliteration in PHP

Question

How to transliterate cyrillic characters into latin letters?

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Answer 1

Here is a function that I use for cleaning characters on Bosnian,Croatian,Serbian latin

 function cleanUTF($name){
        $name = str_replace(array('š','č','đ','č','ć','ž','ñ'),array('s','c','d','c','c','z','n'), $name);
        $name = str_replace(array('Š','Č','Đ','Č','Ć', 'Ž','Ñ'),array('S','C','D','C','C','Z','N'), $name);
        $name = str_replace(array('а','б','в','г','д','е','ё','ж','з','и','й','к','л','љ','м','н','њ','о','п','р','с','т','у','ф','х','ц','ч','џ','ш','щ','ъ','ы','ь','э','ю','я','А','Б','В','Г','Д','Е','Ё','Ж','З','И','Й','К','Л','Љ','М','Н','Њ','О','П','Р','С','Т','У','Ф','Х','Ц','Ч','Џ','Ш','Щ','Ъ','Ы','Ь','Э','Ю','Я'),
                            array('a','b','v','g','d','e','e','z','z','i','j','k','l','lj','m','n','nj','o','p','r','s','t','u','f','h','c','c','dz','s','s','i','j','j','e','ju','ja','A','B','V','G','D','E','E','Z','Z','I','J','K','L','Lj','M','N','Nj','O','P','R','S','T','U','F','H','C','C','Dz','S','S','I','J','J','E','Ju','Ja'), $name);
        return $name;
    }