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Phonetic Alphabet

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URL: http://reusablecode.blogspot.com/2009/02/phonetic-alphabet.html

Converts individual characters to their corresponding pronunciation in the internationally-standardized phonetic alphabet.

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  1. <?php
  2.     /*
  3.     Copyright (c) 2009, reusablecode.blogspot.com; some rights reserved.
  4.     
  5.     This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License. To view
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  7.     send a letter to Creative Commons, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, California
  8.     94305, USA.
  9.     */
  10.  
  11.     // Convert letters and numbers to corresponding NATO phonetic alphabet code words.
  12.     function phonetic($char)
  13.     {
  14.         $nato = array(
  15.             "a" => "alfa", 
  16.             "b" => "bravo", 
  17.             "c" => "charlie", 
  18.             "d" => "delta", 
  19.             "e" => "echo", 
  20.             "f" => "foxtrot", 
  21.             "g" => "golf", 
  22.             "h" => "hotel", 
  23.             "i" => "india", 
  24.             "j" => "juliett", 
  25.             "k" => "kilo", 
  26.             "l" => "lima", 
  27.             "m" => "mike", 
  28.             "n" => "november", 
  29.             "o" => "oscar", 
  30.             "p" => "papa", 
  31.             "q" => "quebec", 
  32.             "r" => "romeo", 
  33.             "s" => "sierra", 
  34.             "t" => "tango", 
  35.             "u" => "uniform", 
  36.             "v" => "victor", 
  37.             "w" => "whisky", 
  38.             "x" => "x-ray", 
  39.             "y" => "yankee", 
  40.             "z" => "zulu", 
  41.             "0" => "zero", 
  42.             "1" => "one", 
  43.             "2" => "two", 
  44.             "3" => "three", 
  45.             "4" => "four", 
  46.             "5" => "five", 
  47.             "6" => "six", 
  48.             "7" => "seven", 
  49.             "8" => "eight", 
  50.             "9" => "niner"
  51.             );
  52.  
  53.         return $nato[strtolower($char)];
  54.     }
  55. ?>

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