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<?php $beta_lists = array ( 'Àpple' => 'http://www.abc.mno/apple/', 'Ball' => 'http://www.abc.mno/ball/', 'Builders' => 'http://www.abc.mno/builders/', 'Bowling' => 'http://www.abc.mno/bowling/', 'Correct' => 'http://www.abc.mno/correct/', 'Campaign' => 'http://www.abc.mno/compain/', 'Direct' => 'http://www.abc.mno/direct/', 'Degree' => 'http://www.abc.mno/degree/' ); ksort($beta_lists); $groups = array(); foreach ($beta_lists as $title => $value) { $groups[remove_accents(mb_substr($title, 0, 1))][$title] = $value; } ksort($groups); print_r($groups); echo count($groups); function remove_accents($string) { if ( !preg_match('/[\x80-\xff]/', $string) ) return $string; $chars = array( // Decompositions for Latin-1 Supplement chr(195).chr(128) => 'A', chr(195).chr(129) => 'A', chr(195).chr(130) => 'A', chr(195).chr(131) => 'A', chr(195).chr(132) => 'A', chr(195).chr(133) => 'A', chr(195).chr(135) => 'C', chr(195).chr(136) => 'E', chr(195).chr(137) => 'E', chr(195).chr(138) => 'E', chr(195).chr(139) => 'E', chr(195).chr(140) => 'I', chr(195).chr(141) => 'I', chr(195).chr(142) => 'I', chr(195).chr(143) => 'I', chr(195).chr(145) => 'N', chr(195).chr(146) => 'O', chr(195).chr(147) => 'O', chr(195).chr(148) => 'O', chr(195).chr(149) => 'O', chr(195).chr(150) => 'O', chr(195).chr(153) => 'U', chr(195).chr(154) => 'U', chr(195).chr(155) => 'U', chr(195).chr(156) => 'U', chr(195).chr(157) => 'Y', chr(195).chr(159) => 's', chr(195).chr(160) => 'a', chr(195).chr(161) => 'a', chr(195).chr(162) => 'a', chr(195).chr(163) => 'a', chr(195).chr(164) => 'a', chr(195).chr(165) => 'a', chr(195).chr(167) => 'c', chr(195).chr(168) => 'e', chr(195).chr(169) => 'e', chr(195).chr(170) => 'e', chr(195).chr(171) => 'e', chr(195).chr(172) => 'i', chr(195).chr(173) => 'i', chr(195).chr(174) => 'i', chr(195).chr(175) => 'i', chr(195).chr(177) => 'n', chr(195).chr(178) => 'o', chr(195).chr(179) => 'o', chr(195).chr(180) => 'o', chr(195).chr(181) => 'o', chr(195).chr(182) => 'o', chr(195).chr(182) => 'o', chr(195).chr(185) => 'u', chr(195).chr(186) => 'u', chr(195).chr(187) => 'u', chr(195).chr(188) => 'u', chr(195).chr(189) => 'y', chr(195).chr(191) => 'y', // Decompositions for Latin Extended-A chr(196).chr(128) => 'A', chr(196).chr(129) => 'a', chr(196).chr(130) => 'A', chr(196).chr(131) => 'a', chr(196).chr(132) => 'A', chr(196).chr(133) => 'a', chr(196).chr(134) => 'C', chr(196).chr(135) => 'c', chr(196).chr(136) => 'C', chr(196).chr(137) => 'c', chr(196).chr(138) => 'C', chr(196).chr(139) => 'c', chr(196).chr(140) => 'C', chr(196).chr(141) => 'c', chr(196).chr(142) => 'D', chr(196).chr(143) => 'd', chr(196).chr(144) => 'D', chr(196).chr(145) => 'd', chr(196).chr(146) => 'E', chr(196).chr(147) => 'e', chr(196).chr(148) => 'E', chr(196).chr(149) => 'e', chr(196).chr(150) => 'E', chr(196).chr(151) => 'e', chr(196).chr(152) => 'E', chr(196).chr(153) => 'e', chr(196).chr(154) => 'E', chr(196).chr(155) => 'e', chr(196).chr(156) => 'G', chr(196).chr(157) => 'g', chr(196).chr(158) => 'G', chr(196).chr(159) => 'g', chr(196).chr(160) => 'G', chr(196).chr(161) => 'g', chr(196).chr(162) => 'G', chr(196).chr(163) => 'g', chr(196).chr(164) => 'H', chr(196).chr(165) => 'h', chr(196).chr(166) => 'H', chr(196).chr(167) => 'h', chr(196).chr(168) => 'I', chr(196).chr(169) => 'i', chr(196).chr(170) => 'I', chr(196).chr(171) => 'i', chr(196).chr(172) => 'I', chr(196).chr(173) => 'i', chr(196).chr(174) => 'I', chr(196).chr(175) => 'i', chr(196).chr(176) => 'I', chr(196).chr(177) => 'i', chr(196).chr(178) => 'IJ',chr(196).chr(179) => 'ij', chr(196).chr(180) => 'J', chr(196).chr(181) => 'j', chr(196).chr(182) => 'K', chr(196).chr(183) => 'k', chr(196).chr(184) => 'k', chr(196).chr(185) => 'L', chr(196).chr(186) => 'l', chr(196).chr(187) => 'L', chr(196).chr(188) => 'l', chr(196).chr(189) => 'L', chr(196).chr(190) => 'l', chr(196).chr(191) => 'L', chr(197).chr(128) => 'l', chr(197).chr(129) => 'L', chr(197).chr(130) => 'l', chr(197).chr(131) => 'N', chr(197).chr(132) => 'n', chr(197).chr(133) => 'N', chr(197).chr(134) => 'n', chr(197).chr(135) => 'N', chr(197).chr(136) => 'n', chr(197).chr(137) => 'N', chr(197).chr(138) => 'n', chr(197).chr(139) => 'N', chr(197).chr(140) => 'O', chr(197).chr(141) => 'o', chr(197).chr(142) => 'O', chr(197).chr(143) => 'o', chr(197).chr(144) => 'O', chr(197).chr(145) => 'o', chr(197).chr(146) => 'OE',chr(197).chr(147) => 'oe', chr(197).chr(148) => 'R',chr(197).chr(149) => 'r', chr(197).chr(150) => 'R',chr(197).chr(151) => 'r', chr(197).chr(152) => 'R',chr(197).chr(153) => 'r', chr(197).chr(154) => 'S',chr(197).chr(155) => 's', chr(197).chr(156) => 'S',chr(197).chr(157) => 's', chr(197).chr(158) => 'S',chr(197).chr(159) => 's', chr(197).chr(160) => 'S', chr(197).chr(161) => 's', chr(197).chr(162) => 'T', chr(197).chr(163) => 't', chr(197).chr(164) => 'T', chr(197).chr(165) => 't', chr(197).chr(166) => 'T', chr(197).chr(167) => 't', chr(197).chr(168) => 'U', chr(197).chr(169) => 'u', chr(197).chr(170) => 'U', chr(197).chr(171) => 'u', chr(197).chr(172) => 'U', chr(197).chr(173) => 'u', chr(197).chr(174) => 'U', chr(197).chr(175) => 'u', chr(197).chr(176) => 'U', chr(197).chr(177) => 'u', chr(197).chr(178) => 'U', chr(197).chr(179) => 'u', chr(197).chr(180) => 'W', chr(197).chr(181) => 'w', chr(197).chr(182) => 'Y', chr(197).chr(183) => 'y', chr(197).chr(184) => 'Y', chr(197).chr(185) => 'Z', chr(197).chr(186) => 'z', chr(197).chr(187) => 'Z', chr(197).chr(188) => 'z', chr(197).chr(189) => 'Z', chr(197).chr(190) => 'z', chr(197).chr(191) => 's' ); $string = strtr($string, $chars); return $string; }