php function to remove accented (unallowable) url characters

The following is a php function which removes the non allowable characters in a string.

	//function to clean accentented characters to get clean string

	function replaceAccentedCharacters($input)

	{

	   $accent='ÀÁÂÃÄÅàáâãäåÒÓÔÕÖØòóôõöøÈÉÊËéèêëÇçÌÍÎÏìíîïÙÚÛÜùúûüÿÑñ:';

	   $noaccent='AAAAAAaaaaaaOOOOOOooooooEEEEeeeeCcIIIIiiiiUUUUuuuuyNn-';

	   $cleaned = strtr($input, $accent, $noaccent);



	   return $cleaned;

	}

	//function end

Use it as follows :

$string = 'Åàgra';

echo replaceAccentedCharacters($string); //prints 'Aagra'