Multilanguage Webseite - Include Text

[bettina@coaster.ch]

I want to include a block of text in my homepage, which will be in the
corresponding language depending of the chosen language. I would like
to use something like the files.propertie s that I have seen in Java. Is
there something similar in PHP?
Any idea will be welcome!
Thanks.
Bettina

https://www.coaster.ch

[Mike Willbanks]

Re: Multilanguage Webseite - Include Text

There is multi-language extensions in PEAR but there is also a pretty
easy way to do it yourself...

Create all text into an array that uses a certain language. Create a
file for each language to keep the variable space down etc...

Mike[color=blue]
> I want to include a block of text in my homepage, which will be in the
> corresponding language depending of the chosen language. I would like
> to use something like the files.propertie s that I have seen in Java. Is
> there something similar in PHP?
> Any idea will be welcome!
> Thanks.
> Bettina
>
> www.coaster.ch
>[/color]

[bettina@coaster.ch]

Re: Multilanguage Webseite - Include Text

I don't understand exactly what do you mean. In the array I would have
the texts in the different languages? Do you mean with files, php files
or inc files. What would I store in these files?

[Mike Willbanks]

Re: Multilanguage Webseite - Include Text

bettina@coaster .ch wrote:[color=blue]
> I don't understand exactly what do you mean. In the array I would have
> the texts in the different languages? Do you mean with files, php files
> or inc files. What would I store in these files?[/color]

Here is a plain example....

create files with whatever extension you like...

en-us.php for example:

$lang['name_you_want_ to_reference_by '] = 'This is what I want to
reference by!';


then you can just put all of the languages in variables like that and
only include the file you need for your languages.

Mike

[petermichaux@yahoo.com]

Re: Multilanguage Webseite - Include Text

What about using a big list of defines instead of an array. That is how
it is done in Mambo and a bunch of other php programs. What are the
preformance tradeoffs?

Thanks,
Peter