Custom attribute name only works in main language

[chiarahandmade]

Hello,
this may be related to this issue

I have an custom product attribute called "Größe" and my main website language is German.

When my website is in German, the select menu gets populated normally
<select id="groesse" class="" name="attribute_groesse" data-attribute_name="attribute_groesse" data-show_option_none="yes"><option value="">Wähle eine Ausführung</option><option value="Flach 300 mm" class="attached enabled">Flach 300 mm</option><option value="Hoch 400 mm" class="attached enabled">Hoch 400 mm</option></select>

When I switch to English, the custom product attribute is encoded in another way
<select id="grose" class="" name="attribute_grose" data-attribute_name="attribute_grose" data-show_option_none="yes"><option value="">Choose an option</option></select>

This seems to be related to the different encoding of special characters äöü and ß from the function sanitize_title( $attribute_name ) that is to be found in woocommerce/templates/single-product/add-to-cart/variable.php line 38 and 41

I haven't found a solution yet to output the German version of the sanitized name, if anyone knows how to do that, would be great. Thanks in advance for any hints!

[chiarahandmade]

Update: sanitize_title calls remove_accents, that uses locale to do their replaces.
A filter for get_locale() in remove_accents() is in the making.

[ginsterbusch]

@chiarahandmade so (for now) a possible workaround would be copying and adapting sanitize_title to your own needs.

"the same procedure as every year, miss sophie?" ;)

cu, w0lf.

[chiarahandmade]

@ginsterbusch thanks! it worked.
Cheers, C