problem with str_replace

[avion]

I'm having problem with str_replace for some reason I don't understand.
The function should take all the content of a page .. skip some words, and transliterate from latin to cyrillic all the others. Here goes the code

<?php
$cyril=array("Љ","Њ","А","Б","В","Г","Д","Ђ","Е", "Ж","З","И","Ј","К","Л","М","Н","О", "П", "Р","С","Ш","Т","Ћ","У","Ф","Х","Ц","Ч", "Џ", "Ш","љ","њ","а","б","в","г","д","ђ", "е","ж", "з","и","ј","к","л", "м","н","о","п", "р","с","ш","т","ћ","у","ф","х","ц","ч", "џ","ш");
$latin=array("LJ","NJ","A","B","V","G","D","Đ","E", "Ž","Z","I","J","K","L","M","N","O", "P", "R","S","Š","T","Ć","U","F","H","C","Č", "DŽ","Š","lj","nj","a","b","v","g","d","đ",  "e","ž","z", "i","j","k","l","m","n","o","p","r", "s","š","t","ć","u","f","h","c","č","dž","š");
$eng=array("engleski","example");
$content="srpski engleski primer example";
$ar=preg_split("/\b/",$content);
foreach ($ar as $word) {
$skip_this=0;
$output = $word;
    for($i=0;$i<count ($eng);$i++){ #if found $eng skip transliteration
        $curr_en=$eng[$i];
        if ($word == $curr_en) {
             $skip_this = 1;
            #echo "I found word to skip: ", $output,"\n";
            }
        }
        if ($skip_this !=1 ) {
           #echo "This would be transliterated: ",$word,"\n";
           for($a=0;$a<count($latin);$a++){ #transliterate latin letters to cyrillic
           $current_cyr=$cyril[$a];
           $current_lat=$latin[$a];
           $output=str_replace($current_lat,$current_cyr,$word);
        }
    }
    $input .= $output;
    }
 
echo "orginal: $content transliterated: $input \n";
?>

It's obvious that I'm repeating some stupid mistake .. but I can't figure it out

[ronverdonk]

You are saying "have trouble" with str_replace. Wat trouble exactly? What is your problem?

Ronald

[avion]

It doesn't change any of the letters .. It should transliterate from latin to cyrillic, word by word. But when it comes to str_replace it doesn't replace any of the letters for some reason.

[ronverdonk]

Look at the second part of your code[php] if ($skip_this !=1 ) {
#echo "This would be transliterated: ",$word,"\n";
for($a=0;$a<count($latin);$a++){ #transliterate latin letters to cyrillic
$current_cyr=$cyril[$a];
$current_lat=$latin[$a];
$output=str_replace($current_lat,$current_cyr,$wor d);
// YOU MUST SAVE $WORD SOMEWHERE OR IT WILL BE OVERWRITTEN IN THE NEXT ITERATION OF THE FOR LOOP
}
}
$input .= $output;[/php]
Variable $output is not saved, so the result of the for loop is ony ONE letter in $output.
Something else, you can do a str_replace using arrays, so you could make the translate for the entire $word as:
[php] if ($skip_this !=1 ) {
#echo "This would be transliterated: ",$word,"\n";
#transliterate latin letters to cyrillic
$output=str_replace($latin,$cyril,$word);
}
$input .= $output;[/php]
Ronald

[avion]

Ok thnx for quick response, it works now.

I tried that on the begining, but obviosly I didn't get it right.
After what, I just made mess with coding in wrong direction.

[ronverdonk]

Glad you got it working. See you next time.

Ronald