<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title>Convert "kana" one from another ("zen-kaku", "han-kaku" and more)</title> </head> <body><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="function.mb-convert-encoding.html">mb_convert_encoding</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="function.mb-convert-variables.html">mb_convert_variables</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="ref.mbstring.html">Multibyte String Functions</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div><hr /><div id="function.mb-convert-kana" class="refentry"> <div class="refnamediv"> <h1 class="refname">mb_convert_kana</h1> <p class="verinfo">(PHP 4 >= 4.0.6, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">mb_convert_kana</span> — <span class="dc-title">Convert "kana" one from another ("zen-kaku", "han-kaku" and more)</span></p> </div> <div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.mb-convert-kana-description"> <h3 class="title">Description</h3> <div class="methodsynopsis dc-description"> <span class="type">string</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>mb_convert_kana</strong></span> ( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$str</code></span> [, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$option</code><span class="initializer"> = "KV"</span></span> [, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$encoding</code><span class="initializer"> = mb_internal_encoding()</span></span> ]] )</div> <p class="para rdfs-comment"> Performs a "han-kaku" - "zen-kaku" conversion for <span class="type"><a href="language.types.string.html" class="type string">string</a></span> <em><code class="parameter">str</code></em>. This function is only useful for Japanese. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.mb-convert-kana-parameters"> <h3 class="title">Parameters</h3> <p class="para"> <dl> <dt> <span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">str</code></em></span> <dd> <p class="para"> The <span class="type"><a href="language.types.string.html" class="type string">string</a></span> being converted. </p> </dd> </dt> <dt> <span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">option</code></em></span> <dd> <p class="para"> The conversion option. </p> <p class="para"> Specify with a combination of following options. <table class="doctable table"> <caption><strong>Applicable Conversion Options</strong></caption> <thead> <tr> <th>Option</th> <th>Meaning</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody class="tbody"> <tr> <td><em>r</em></td> <td> Convert "zen-kaku" alphabets to "han-kaku" </td> </tr> <tr> <td><em>R</em></td> <td> Convert "han-kaku" alphabets to "zen-kaku" </td> </tr> <tr> <td><em>n</em></td> <td> Convert "zen-kaku" numbers to "han-kaku" </td> </tr> <tr> <td><em>N</em></td> <td> Convert "han-kaku" numbers to "zen-kaku" </td> </tr> <tr> <td><em>a</em></td> <td> Convert "zen-kaku" alphabets and numbers to "han-kaku" </td> </tr> <tr> <td><em>A</em></td> <td> Convert "han-kaku" alphabets and numbers to "zen-kaku" (Characters included in "a", "A" options are U+0021 - U+007E excluding U+0022, U+0027, U+005C, U+007E) </td> </tr> <tr> <td><em>s</em></td> <td> Convert "zen-kaku" space to "han-kaku" (U+3000 -> U+0020) </td> </tr> <tr> <td><em>S</em></td> <td> Convert "han-kaku" space to "zen-kaku" (U+0020 -> U+3000) </td> </tr> <tr> <td><em>k</em></td> <td> Convert "zen-kaku kata-kana" to "han-kaku kata-kana" </td> </tr> <tr> <td><em>K</em></td> <td> Convert "han-kaku kata-kana" to "zen-kaku kata-kana" </td> </tr> <tr> <td><em>h</em></td> <td> Convert "zen-kaku hira-gana" to "han-kaku kata-kana" </td> </tr> <tr> <td><em>H</em></td> <td> Convert "han-kaku kata-kana" to "zen-kaku hira-gana" </td> </tr> <tr> <td><em>c</em></td> <td> Convert "zen-kaku kata-kana" to "zen-kaku hira-gana" </td> </tr> <tr> <td><em>C</em></td> <td> Convert "zen-kaku hira-gana" to "zen-kaku kata-kana" </td> </tr> <tr> <td><em>V</em></td> <td> Collapse voiced sound notation and convert them into a character. Use with "K","H" </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </p> </dd> </dt> <dt> <span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">encoding</code></em></span> <dd> <p class="para">The <em><code class="parameter">encoding</code></em> parameter is the character encoding. If it is omitted, the internal character encoding value will be used.</p> </dd> </dt> </dl> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.mb-convert-kana-returnvalues"> <h3 class="title">Return Values</h3> <p class="para"> The converted <span class="type"><a href="language.types.string.html" class="type string">string</a></span>. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-function.mb-convert-kana-examples"> <h3 class="title">Examples</h3> <p class="para"> <div class="example" id="example-2702"> <p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>mb_convert_kana()</strong></span> example</strong></p> <div class="example-contents"> <div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000"> <span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">/* Convert all "kana" to "zen-kaku" "kata-kana" */<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$str </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">mb_convert_kana</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$str</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"KVC"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">/* Convert "han-kaku" "kata-kana" to "zen-kaku" "kata-kana" <br /> and "zen-kaku" alpha-numeric to "han-kaku" */<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$str </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">mb_convert_kana</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$str</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"KVa"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span> </span> </code></div> </div> </div> </p> </div> </div><hr /><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="function.mb-convert-encoding.html">mb_convert_encoding</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="function.mb-convert-variables.html">mb_convert_variables</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="ref.mbstring.html">Multibyte String Functions</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div></body></html>