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user1125394
user1125394

Reputation:

Make translations in multiple languages

I have my php gettext default language in English let's say

I would like in one of my controller, to translate some words in 2 other languages and put them all in an array.

ideally I could do

$word_sv = gettext($word, 'sv_SV');
$word_fi = gettext($word, 'fi_FI');

but it doesn't exist.

Is the only way to change the overall gettext settings each time?

function setLang($lang){
    putenv("LC_ALL=$lang");
    setlocale(LC_ALL, $lang);
    bindtextdomain("myPHPApp", "./locale");
    textdomain("myPHPApp");
}

setLang('sv_SV');
$word_sv = gettext($word);
setLang('fi_FI');
$word_fi = gettext($word);

related: saw it on Google after : i18n with gettext but without the locale hassle?

Edit

here are the proposed answered solutions:

Upvotes: 10

Views: 2425

Answers (3)

hakre
hakre

Reputation: 198219

If you are bound to gettext here, Let the computer do the work for you.

You either have a list of words you then want to check against all languages, the do the wordlist for each language first. That will spare you some overhead to call the setlanguage function between each word and language.

If you want to go each language, each word, write the functions that way:

function gettext_by_lang($lang, $word) {
    putenv("LC_ALL=$lang");
    setlocale(LC_ALL, $lang);
    bindtextdomain("myPHPApp", "./locale");
    textdomain("myPHPApp");
    return gettext($word);
}

$word_sv = gettext_by_lang('sv_SV',  $word);
$word_fi = gettext_by_lang('fi_FI',  $word);

This would at least make your code more compact. Another idea that comes to mind is using a a parser for PO and MO files so that you can check for the data.

In PHP one of that is shipping with Wordpress / Glotpress:

Maybe this helps. That library is being maintained.

Upvotes: 1

Mostafa Berg
Mostafa Berg

Reputation: 3239

I know the pains of using gettext, but its performance is what keeps me with it !

In your case, you might want to look at this little project ? i'm pretty sure this might help you !

this simply uses .ini files with translations, you can freely switch between files and echo the different languages for the same word.

https://github.com/Philipp15b/php-i18n

Upvotes: 1

Josh
Josh

Reputation: 12566

I guess an obvious answer is to roll your own global function:

function getLocalText($string, $lang)
{
    putenv("LC_ALL=$lang");
    setlocale(LC_ALL, $lang);
    bindtextdomain("myPHPApp", "./locale");
    textdomain("myPHPApp");

    return gettext($string);
}

$word_fi = getLocalText($word, 'fi_FI');

Upvotes: 0

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