Question

I’m trying to convert a two letter language abbreviations to full words using str_replace.
The problem I’m having is that they’re affecting each other when echoed out.

$lang = str_replace("en", "English", $lang); 
$lang = str_replace("es", "Spanish", $lang);
$lang = str_replace("pt", "Portuguese", $lang); 
$lang = str_replace("fr", "French", $lang);
$lang = str_replace("de", "German", $lang);
$lang = str_replace("it", "Italian", $lang);
$lang = str_replace("pl", "Polish", $lang);
$lang = str_replace("ru", "Russian", $lang);
$lang = str_replace("sv", "Spanish (El Salvador)", $lang);
$lang = str_replace("ko", "Korean", $lang);
$lang = str_replace("zh", "Chinese", $lang);
$lang = str_replace("nl", "Dutch", $lang);

An example: when I echo out en, I get EnglIcelandich.

The list above is bigger but that is just a example. I have tried renaming the vars but with no luck.

Answer 1

It’s simple! Use strtr instead.

<?php
$replace = array(
    "en" => "English",
    "es" => "Spanish",
    "pt" => "Portuguese",
    "fr" => "French",
    "de" => "German",
    "it" => "Italian",
    "pl" => "Polish",
    "ru" => "Russian",
    "sv" => "Spanish (El Salvador)",
    "ko" => "Korean",
    "zh" => "Chinese",
    "nl" => "Dutch"
);

echo strtr("en it sv\n", $replace);