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A Simple Unicode Decoder/Converter Function for PHP 5

June 18, 2009 By CodeBlink 6 Comments

I wanted to use the unicode_decode PHP function for something I was working on today, but, of course, this function is only supported in the new PHP 6. I don’t know how it is for my fellow programmers reading this, but getting your I.T. department to upgrade all servers from 5 to 6 can be like getting your grandfather to change from a rotary phone to a iPhone. I.T. is uber apprehensive about such serious change. Their servers are their babies and ‘upgrade’ translates to ‘extreme security risk’ in their minds.

Don’t get me wrong, I love my company and my I.T. department, but when it comes to upgrading – I would be very thankful for a little more progressive thinking. At the same time, I understand the apprehension and can’t fault it completely, but PHP is no longer a light-weight in the world of server-side scripting.

Rant aside, I came up with this really simple function to help me decode Unicode text. Hope it helps!

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function simple_unicode_decode($str) {
    $str=str_ireplace("u0001","☺",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0002","☻",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0003","♥",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0004","♦",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0005","♣",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0006","♠",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0007","•",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0008","◘",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0009","○",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u000A","◙",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u000B","♂",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u000C","♀",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u000D","♪",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u000E","♫",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u000F","☼",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0010","►",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0011","◄",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0012","↕",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0013","‼",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0014","¶",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0015","§",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0016","?",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0017","?",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0018","↑",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0019","↓",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u001A","→",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u001B","←",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u001C","∟",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u001D","↔",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u001E","▲",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u001F","▼",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0020"," ",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0021","!",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0022","\"",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0023","#",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0024","$",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0025","%",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0026","&",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0027","'",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0028","(",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0029",")",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u002A","*",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u002B","+",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u002C",",",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u002D","-",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u002E",".",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u2026","…",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u002F","/",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0030","0",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0031","1",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0032","2",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0033","3",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0034","4",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0035","5",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0036","6",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0037","7",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0038","8",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0039","9",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u003A",":",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u003B",";",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u003C","<",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u003D","=",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u003E",">",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u2264","≤",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u2265","≥",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u003F","?",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0040","@",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0041","A",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0042","B",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0043","C",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0044","D",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0045","E",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0046","F",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0047","G",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0048","H",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0049","I",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u004A","J",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u004B","K",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u004C","L",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u004D","M",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u004E","N",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u004F","O",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0050","P",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0051","Q",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0052","R",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0053","S",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0054","T",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0055","U",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0056","V",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0057","W",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0058","X",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0059","Y",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u005A","Z",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u005B","[",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u005C","\\",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u005D","]",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u005E","^",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u005F","_",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0060","`",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0061","a",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0062","b",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0063","c",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0064","d",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0065","e",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0066","f",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0067","g",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0068","h",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0069","i",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u006A","j",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u006B","k",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u006C","l",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u006D","m",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u006E","n",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u006F","o",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0070","p",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0071","q",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0072","r",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0073","s",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0074","t",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0075","u",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0076","v",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0077","w",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0078","x",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0079","y",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u007A","z",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u007B","{",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u007C","|",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u007D","}",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u02DC","˜",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u007E","∼",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u007F","",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u00A2","¢",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u00A3","£",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u00A4","¤",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u20AC","€",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u00A5","¥",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0026quot;","\"",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0026gt;",">",$str);
    $str=str_ireplace("u0026lt;",">",$str);
    return $str;
}

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  • Michael

    Hey, have you seen this news article?
    New details about Michael Jackson’s Death Emerge
    I was wondering if you were going to blog about this…

  • http://www.jasonrundell.com CodeBlink

    Sorry, I don’t think I will be. I don’t really have anything interesting to share on the subject. I paid tribute by listening to MJ at the office on Friday though :)

  • http://mozzo.ru electromozzo

    OMG…totally!

  • dhanyweb

    Hi, thanks for the script, its work like a charm :). I've been looking for stuff like this to fix the google translate result.

  • strex

    merci

  • H. Photos

    It's helpful…thanks a lot.