convert_chars

Source code

function convert_chars($content, $deprecated = '') {

	if ( !empty( $deprecated ) )

		_deprecated_argument( __FUNCTION__, '0.71' );



	// Translation of invalid Unicode references range to valid range

	$wp_htmltranswinuni = array(

	'€' => '€', // the Euro sign

	'' => '',

	'‚' => '‚', // these are Windows CP1252 specific characters

	'ƒ' => 'ƒ',  // they would look weird on non-Windows browsers

	'„' => '„',

	'…' => '…',

	'†' => '†',

	'‡' => '‡',

	'ˆ' => 'ˆ',

	'‰' => '‰',

	'Š' => 'Š',

	'‹' => '‹',

	'Œ' => 'Œ',

	'' => '',

	'Ž' => 'ž',

	'' => '',

	'' => '',

	'‘' => '‘',

	'’' => '’',

	'“' => '“',

	'”' => '”',

	'•' => '•',

	'–' => '–',

	'—' => '—',

	'˜' => '˜',

	'™' => '™',

	'š' => 'š',

	'›' => '›',

	'œ' => 'œ',

	'' => '',

	'ž' => '',

	'Ÿ' => 'Ÿ'

	);



	// Remove metadata tags

	$content = preg_replace('/<title>(.+?)<\/title>/','',$content);

	$content = preg_replace('/<category>(.+?)<\/category>/','',$content);



	// Converts lone & characters into & (a.k.a. &amp;)

	$content = preg_replace('/&([^#])(?![a-z1-4]{1,8};)/i', '&$1', $content);



	// Fix Word pasting

	$content = strtr($content, $wp_htmltranswinuni);



	// Just a little XHTML help

	$content = str_replace('<br>', '<br />', $content);

	$content = str_replace('<hr>', '<hr />', $content);



	return $content;

}