diff --git a/site/admin/translate.php b/site/admin/translate.php
index 894e0cd3..fd945664 100644
--- a/site/admin/translate.php
+++ b/site/admin/translate.php
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ function save_message($locale,$key,$value) {
 	$fp = fopen(dirname(__FILE__)."/../locales/$locale/properties", "r");
 	while (!feof($fp)) {
 		$line = fgets($fp, 4096);
-		$keyval = split("=", $line, 2 );
+		$keyval = preg_split("/=/", $line, 2 );
 		if( isset($keyval[1]) ) {
 			if($keyval[0] == 'encoding') {
 				$current_encoding = trim($keyval[1]);
diff --git a/site/libs/common.php b/site/libs/common.php
index fa098e94..69fd39a7 100644
--- a/site/libs/common.php
+++ b/site/libs/common.php
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ function load_messages($locale) {
 	if(!$fp) { die("wrong locale"); }
 	while (!feof($fp)) {
 		$line = fgets($fp, 4096);
-		$keyval = split("=", $line, 2 );
+		$keyval = preg_split("/=/", $line, 2 );
 		if( isset($keyval[1]) ) {
 			if($keyval[0] == 'encoding') {
 				$current_encoding = trim($keyval[1]);