#26 Request - transliteration

[Anonymous]

//It will be nice to have a transliteration function to display ciryllic to latin. Here is Bulgarian transliteration for lang=bg-BG
//
// Make sure the file "translations.inc.php" is in UTF-8

function transliteration($string) {

$table = array(
'а'=>'a', 'б'=>'b', 'в'=>'v', 'г'=>'g', 'д'=>'d',
'е'=>'e', 'ж'=>'j', 'з'=>'z', 'и'=>'i', 'й'=>'y',
'к'=>'k', 'л'=>'l', 'м'=>'m', 'н'=>'n', 'о'=>'o',
'п'=>'p', 'р'=>'r', 'с'=>'s', 'т'=>'t', 'у'=>'u',
'ф'=>'f', 'х'=>'h', 'ц'=>'c', 'ч'=>'ch', 'ш'=>'sh',
'щ'=>'sht', 'ъ'=>'a', 'ь'=>'', 'ю'=>'yu', 'я'=>'ya',
'А'=>'A', 'Б'=>'B', 'В'=>'V', 'Г'=>'G', 'Д'=>'D',
'Е'=>'E', 'Ж'=>'J', 'З'=>'Z', 'И'=>'I', 'Й'=>'Y',
'К'=>'K', 'Л'=>'L', 'М'=>'M', 'Н'=>'N', 'О'=>'O',
'П'=>'P', 'Р'=>'R', 'С'=>'S', 'Т'=>'T', 'У'=>'U',
'Ф'=>'F', 'Х'=>'H', 'Ц'=>'C', 'Ч'=>'Ch', 'Ш'=>'Sh',
'Щ'=>'Sht', 'Ъ'=>'A', 'Ь'=>'', 'Ю'=>'Yu', 'Я'=>'Ya',
);

return strtr($string, $table);

}

// then in index.php we can add $lang from translations.inc.php and use something like

if(isset($_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE'])) {
$http_accept_language = strtolower( $_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE'] );
} else {
$http_accept_language = "";
}

foreach(explode(',', $http_accept_language) as $accept_lang) {
$accepted_languages[] = substr($accept_lang, 0, 2);
}

foreach($accepted_languages as $curr_lang)
{
if( array_search($curr_lang, $supported_langs) !== FALSE ) {
$lang = $curr_lang;
break;
}
}

if ($lang != 'bg') {
$firstname = transliteration($firstname);
$lastname = transliteration($lastname);
}

[chatelao]

Hi,
Which languages would you like to transliterate to which languages?
Regards
Olivier

[Nobody/Anonymous]

For my use i already tranliterate Bulgarian ciryllic -> Latin. Using this code.
All countries have a different transliteration letter maps. here is some of them http://translit.cc/

I only post this if someone else need it.
It will be good the diferent translation files to have own letter mappings and to have a option in config to enable/disable this feature.

Regards.
Vladislav