title: PHP CodeIgniter translating special characters
body: <p>Is there any Helper class available for codeigniter to translate german characters to pass thme in URL?</p>
  
  <p>for example </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>ä = ae, ü = ue, ß=ss, ö=oe</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>Thanks in advance.</p>