Translating string to another lang using array

Question

I want to translate all the keys from the array that occur in this string:

$bar = "It gonna be tornado tomorrow and snow today.";

and replacing it with the value using this array:

 $arr = array(
   "tornado" => "kasırga",
   "snow" => "kar"
);

So the output will be:

$bar = "It gonna be kasırga tomorrow and kar today.";

hakre · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-04 16:34:41Z

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The function you're looking for is called string-translate, written in it's short form as strtr^Docs:

$bar = strtr($bar, $arr);

Contrary to the popular belief in the other answers, str_replace is not safe to use as it re-replaces strings which is not what you want.

answered Apr 4, 2012 at 16:34

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Thank you for this great explanation. This is now stuck on my head :) Thanks to others too.

antyrat · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-04 16:32:29Z

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You can do that with str_replace function:

$tmp = str_replace(array_keys($arr), array_values($arr), $bar);

answered Apr 4, 2012 at 16:32

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chapkom · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-04 16:33:31Z

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foreach($arr as $key=>$value) {
    $bar = str_ireplace($key, $value, $bar);
}

answered Apr 4, 2012 at 16:33

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