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Diffstat (limited to 'includes/functions/functions_name.php')
| -rw-r--r-- | includes/functions/functions_name.php | 11 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/includes/functions/functions_name.php b/includes/functions/functions_name.php index fdaa4235f2..b44d0ed1ae 100644 --- a/includes/functions/functions_name.php +++ b/includes/functions/functions_name.php @@ -34,6 +34,17 @@ if (!defined('WT_WEBTREES')) { define('WT_FUNCTIONS_NAME_PHP', ''); /** + * Takes a string and converts certain characters in the string to others for the purpose of soundex searches + */ +function Character_Substitute($input) +{ + $stringsToReplace = array("/AE/", "/ae/", "/OE/", "/oe/", "/UE/", "/ue/", "/ss/", "/SS/"); + $replacements = array("Ä", "ä", "Ö", "ö", "Ü", "ü", "ß", "ß"); + + preg_replace($stringsToReplace, $replacements, $input); +} + +/** * Get array of common surnames * * This function returns a simple array of the most common surnames |