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Is there a way to display names and refrences in phonetic alphabet in php?

Hi,
I would like to display reference codes names on our call centre's screens in phonetic alphabet so that they can easily read out the information to the customer.
I was wondering if anyone knows of an easy php plugin that could do this, or even perhaps a font that replaces the letters with their phonetic words?
Thanks
Steven

Frank Contrepois

Take a look at:

soundex

metaphone

StevenHook

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Sorry,
Not that kind of phonetic alphabet. I am looking for the NATO phonetic alphabet:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_phonetic_alphabet
So the stuff it written as: Tango Echo X-ray Tango
So they can read it correctly to the customer on the phone.

Steven

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StevenHook

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Thanks

darren-w-

full version excluding numbers

<?php

$a = new to_phon("Phonetic-Alphabet");
echo $a->getPhonetic();
// papa hotel oscar november echo tango india charlie dash alpha lima papa hotel alpha beta echo tango




class to_phon {

    private $word = "";
    private $alpha = array("a" => "alpha", "b" => "beta", "c" => "charlie","d"=>"delta", "e" => "echo","f"=>"foxtrot","g"=> "golf","h"=>"hotel","i"=> "india","j"=> "juliett","k"=>"kilo","l"=>"lima","m"=>"mike","n"=>"november","o"=>"oscar","p"=>"papa","q"=> "quebec","r"=>"romeo","s"=>"sierra","t"=>"tango","u"=>"uniform","v"=>"victor","w"=>"whiskey","x"=>"x-ray","y"=>"yankee","z"=>"zulu","-"=>"dash"); 
    function __construct($astring) {
        $this->word = $astring;
    }

    private function getSplitstring() {
        return str_split(strtolower($this->word));
    }

    public function getPhonetic() {
        foreach ($this->getSplitstring() as $aletter) {
            $return.=$this->alpha[$aletter] . " ";
        }
        return trim($return);
    }

}

?>

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