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Multi language for php with gettext
The document provides a comprehensive guide on implementing multi-language support in PHP using the gettext library. Key topics include applying gettext to a PHP project, converting text for translations, and handling translations for various elements like images, static pages, and JavaScript files. It also covers grouping translations by domain, handling user language preferences, and using the Poedit tool for message extraction and translation.
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- 1. MULTI-LANGUAGE FOR PHP WITHGETTEXT Binh Quan 2014-05-20
- 2. Table of content 1.Why Gettext? 2. Applying to a PHP project 3. Converting text 4. Multi-language for images & a static page 5. Multi-language for Javascript files 6. Translating with parameters 7. Group translations by domain 8. Multi-language for Guess & Logged Users 9. Using POEdit 2
- 3. 1. Why Gettext •Encode and compress messages in binary format • Support by almost popular programming languages (C, C++, Java, Python, Objective C, C#, etc) • Support translating text in Singular/Plural form • Powerful tool: POEdit 3
- 4. 2. Applying toa PHP project • Put the code below into entry PHP script require_once("locale/bootstrap.php"); • Edit config.php to match your need • Translated message files are laid at: locale/{langcode}/LC_MESSAGES/{domain}.po 4
- 5. 3. Converting text •Text in PHP scripts <?php $msg = _t(“This is a message for translation”); echo $msg; • Text in HTML files <p> <span><?php echo _t(“This is a span text”);?></span> </p> 5
- 6. 4. Multi-language forimages & static pages • With images <img src=“/path/to/image/<?php echo _t(“banner.png”);?>”/> • With static pages <h2><?php echo _t(“My CMS Page”);?></h2> <?php include(_t(“cms_page.phtml”));?> 6
- 7. 5. Multi-language forJavascript files (Pending) 7
- 8. 6. Translating withparameters <?php $msg = _t(“This photo has {comments} {commentText}”, array( “{comments}” => $totalComments, “{commentText} => _p(“comment", “comments", $totalComments) )); echo $msg; If $totalComments = 5, this will output: This photo has 5 comments 8
- 9. 7. Group translationsby domain To enable domain translation, do following steps: 1. Define domain translation function in function.php 2. Create translation file and enable function name as keyword for extracting text 3. Use POEdit for extracting text 9
- 10. 8. Multi-language forGuess & Logged Users • This library using cookie for keeping user’s preferred language • Already enabled for Guess • Enabling multi-language for logged users by adding following script after bootstrap.php is loaded <?php require_once("locale/bootstrap.php"); // some code for getting user’s language code putenv("LANGUAGE={$userLangCode}"); 10
- 11. 9. Using POEdit •Preparing your .po file • Setting source paths & keywords • Extracting messages • Perform translation • Update changes 11
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