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<?php
// http://gathering.tweakers.net/forum/list_messages/1605981
// Just a char (http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/f1/index.htm)
$char = 'ñ';
// Combining char (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combining_character)
$charCombining = 'ñ';
$str = 'se'.$char.'or';
$strCombining = 'se'.$charCombining.'or';
var_dump($str, str_replace($char, 'n', $str));
var_dump($strCombining, str_replace($char, 'n', $strCombining));