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Author: dg

src/Utils/Strings.php

@@ -159,7 +159,17 @@ public static function toAscii(string $s): string
 		if ($transliterator) {
 			$s = $transliterator->transliterate($s);
 			// The transliterator leaves some characters out of ASCII, eg → ʾ
-			$s = iconv('UTF-8', 'ASCII//TRANSLIT//IGNORE', $s);
+			if (ICONV_IMPL === 'glibc') {
+				// temporarily hide these characters to distinguish them from the garbage that iconv creates
+				$s = strtr($s, '?', "\x01");
+				$s = iconv('UTF-8', 'ASCII//TRANSLIT//IGNORE', $s);
+				// remove garbage that iconv creates during transliteration
+				$s = str_replace(['`', "'", '"', '^', '~', '?'], '', $s);
+				// restore temporarily hidden characters
+				$s = strtr($s, "\x01", '?');
+			} else {
+				$s = iconv('UTF-8', 'ASCII//TRANSLIT//IGNORE', $s);
+			}
 		} else {
 			// temporarily hide these characters to distinguish them from the garbage that iconv creates
 			$s = strtr($s, '`\'"^~?', "\x01\x02\x03\x04\x05\x06");