Requests_IRI::to_uri() WordPress Method

	protected function to_uri($string) {
		if (!is_string($string)) {
			return false;
		}

		static $non_ascii;
		if (!$non_ascii) {
			$non_ascii = implode('', range("\x80", "\xFF"));
		}

		$position = 0;
		$strlen = strlen($string);
		while (($position += strcspn($string, $non_ascii, $position)) < $strlen) {
			$string = substr_replace($string, sprintf('%%%02X', ord($string[$position])), $position, 1);
			$position += 3;
			$strlen += 2;
		}

		return $string;
	}