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?

Answer 1

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

Pay attention to % sign!