BP_Attachment::sanitize_utf8_filename( string $retval )

Helper to convert utf-8 characters in filenames to their ASCII equivalent.

Description

Parameters

$retval

(Required) Filename.

Return

(string)

Source

File: bp-core/classes/class-bp-attachment.php

	public function sanitize_utf8_filename( $retval ) {
		// PHP 5.4+ or with PECL intl 2.0+
		if ( function_exists( 'transliterator_transliterate' ) && seems_utf8( $retval ) ) {
			$retval = transliterator_transliterate( 'Any-Latin; Latin-ASCII; [\u0080-\u7fff] remove', $retval );

		// Older.
		} else {
			// Use WP's built-in function to convert accents to their ASCII equivalent.
			$retval = remove_accents( $retval );

			// Still here? use iconv().
			if ( function_exists( 'iconv' ) && seems_utf8( $retval ) ) {
				$retval = iconv( 'UTF-8', 'ASCII//TRANSLIT//IGNORE', $retval );
			}
		}

		return $retval;
	}

Changelog

Changelog
Version Description
BuddyPress 2.9.0 Introduced.

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