Translating with strtr in PHP fails when mixing placeholders and japanese

Question

I'm using strtr to make translations and since I started using Japanese, it fails to replace placeholders.

Here is an example string:

％service％で入力してください

If I just run the code below, it will not replace %service% placeholder:

strtr("％service％ で入力してください", array("%service%" => "Facebook"));

Result: ％Service％で入力してください

But if I do it in many other languages, it simply work. Eg: %service% connect becomes Facebook connect

Anyone know a workaround to that?

How does `Service` get capitalized? – chris85 Apr 10 '17 at 17:55 — chris85, Apr 10 '17 at 17:55

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 10 '17 at 17:59

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That's because ％service％ does not equal %service%.

Pay attention to % sign!

edited Apr 10 '17 at 17:59

chris85

answered Apr 10 '17 at 17:58

Dmitriy Troyan

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Thanks a lot mate. Looks like the translator replaced our original % by the japanese one ％. It was really silly! – ThyagoTC Apr 10 '17 at 18:17
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@ThyagoTC You could use a regex to allow for both versions.`/([％%])service\1/u` replace with `Facebook` with `preg_replace`. – chris85 Apr 10 '17 at 18:41
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Good idea, I've alerted them to be careful with placeholders, but I better use that to avoid other developer getting stuck in the same problem again. – ThyagoTC Apr 10 '17 at 18:54

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