inc_apostrophe.php

<?php

function normalize_str($str)
{
$invalid = array("'" => "`", 'Š'=>'S', 'š'=>'s', '�'=>'Dj', '�'=>'dj', 'Ž'=>'Z', 'ž'=>'z',
'�'=>'C', '�'=>'c', '�'=>'C', '�'=>'c', '�'=>'A', '�'=>'A', '�'=>'A', '�'=>'A',
'�'=>'A', '�'=>'A', '�'=>'A', '�'=>'C', '�'=>'E', '�'=>'E', '�'=>'E', '�'=>'E',
'�'=>'I', '�'=>'I', '�'=>'I', '�'=>'I', '�'=>'N', '�'=>'O', '�'=>'O', '�'=>'O',
'�'=>'O', '�'=>'O', '�'=>'O', '�'=>'U', '�'=>'U', '�'=>'U', '�'=>'U', '�'=>'Y',
'�'=>'B', '�'=>'Ss', 'à '=>'a', 'á'=>'a', 'â'=>'a', 'ã'=>'a', 'ä'=>'a', 'å'=>'a',
'æ'=>'a', 'ç'=>'c', 'è'=>'e', 'é'=>'e', 'ê'=>'e',  'ë'=>'e', 'ì'=>'i', 'í'=>'i',
'î'=>'i', 'ï'=>'i', 'ð'=>'o', 'ñ'=>'n', 'ò'=>'o', 'ó'=>'o', 'ô'=>'o', 'õ'=>'o',
'ö'=>'o', 'ø'=>'o', 'ù'=>'u', 'ú'=>'u', 'û'=>'u', 'ý'=>'y',  'ý'=>'y', 'þ'=>'b',
'ÿ'=>'y', '�'=>'R', '�'=>'r', "`" => "'", "´" => "'", "�" => ",", "`" => "`",
"´" => "`", "�" => "\"", "�" => "\"", "´" => "`", "&acirc;��" => "`", "{" => "",
"~" => "", "�" => "-", "�" => "`", "'" => "`");

$str = str_replace(array_keys($invalid), array_values($invalid), $str);

return $str;
}

?>