Multilanguage website

[bettina@coaster.ch]

My default language is german. It will be so defined in the main site:

main.php
<?
$lang = 'ge';
include("set_la nguage.php");
?>

st_language.php
<?php
if (isset($_GET['lang']))
{
$lang = $_GET['lang'];
}
require("lang.{ $lang}.inc.php" );
?>
<td align="left" width="50"><a href="?lang=ge" ><? echo "DEUTSCH"
?></a></td>
<td align="left" width="50"><a href="?lang=en" ><? echo "ENGLISH"
?></a></td>
<td align="left" width="50"><a href="?lang=sp" ><? echo "ESPAÑOL"
?></a></td>

If I call another page it works pretty fine:
.....
<td><a href="breweries .php?lang=<? echo $lang ?>&code=<? echo
$countries[$x][0] ?>"><? echo $countries[$x][1] ?></a></td>

The problem is that, when I want to come back from breweries.php, I get
main.php again in german and that's so because I set at the beginning
$lang as 'ge'. But if I don't do that, I get an error. Is there a way
to define the default value of this variable outside the programm?

Note: I'm quite new in PHP.

Thank you! Bettina

[Jerry Stuckle]

Re: Multilanguage website

bettina@coaster .ch wrote:[color=blue]
> My default language is german. It will be so defined in the main site:
>
> main.php
> <?
> $lang = 'ge';
> include("set_la nguage.php");
> ?>
>
> st_language.php
> <?php
> if (isset($_GET['lang']))
> {
> $lang = $_GET['lang'];
> }
> require("lang.{ $lang}.inc.php" );
> ?>
> <td align="left" width="50"><a href="?lang=ge" ><? echo "DEUTSCH"
> ?></a></td>
> <td align="left" width="50"><a href="?lang=en" ><? echo "ENGLISH"
> ?></a></td>
> <td align="left" width="50"><a href="?lang=sp" ><? echo "ESPAÑOL"
> ?></a></td>
>
> If I call another page it works pretty fine:
> ....
> <td><a href="breweries .php?lang=<? echo $lang ?>&code=<? echo
> $countries[$x][0] ?>"><? echo $countries[$x][1] ?></a></td>
>
> The problem is that, when I want to come back from breweries.php, I get
> main.php again in german and that's so because I set at the beginning
> $lang as 'ge'. But if I don't do that, I get an error. Is there a way
> to define the default value of this variable outside the programm?
>
> Note: I'm quite new in PHP.
>
> Thank you! Bettina
>[/color]

Maybe instead of using get variables, you could use session variables. If the
session variable isn't set, set it to "ge". Otherwise use it.

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[petermichaux@yahoo.com]

Re: Multilanguage website

I am doing exactly what Jerry suggested

in "index.php" I have something like the following. (this isn't tested
because really I have it spread out through a few files.)

<?php

session_start() ;

define("DEFAULT _LANGUAGE", 'ge');
define("SITE_RO OT", dirname(__FILE_ _));

if ( !isset($_SESSIO N['Language']) )
{
$_SESSION['Language'] = DEFAULT_LANGUAG E;
}
require_once(SI TE_ROOT."/languages/".$_SESSION['Language']."/language.php");

?>

[bettina@coaster.ch]

Re: Multilanguage website

I tried it but it doesn' t work.

I wrote the following:

main.php
<?php
session_start() ;
define("DEFAULT _LANGUAGE", 'ge');
define("SITE_RO OT", dirname(__FILE_ _));
if (!isset($_SESSI ON['lang'])) {
$_SESSION['lang'] = DEFAULT_LANGUAG E;
}
require_once(SI TE_ROOT."/set_language.ph p");
?>
set_language.ph p
<td align="left" width="50"><a href="main.php? lang=ge"><? echo
"DEUTSCH" ?></a></td>
<td align="left" width="50"><a href="main.php? lang=en"><? echo
"ENGLISH" ?></a></td>
<td align="left" width="50"><a href="main.php? lang=sp"><? echo
"ESPAÑOL" ?></a></td>

But now it doesn't even change the language at the start site. I would
like that if one select english, for example, goes to different
"sub-pages" in english and when coming back to main.php, the language
is still English. How can I do?

What is defined by define("SITE_RO OT", dirname(__FILE_ _));

Thanks.
Bettina

[bettina@coaster.ch]

Re: Multilanguage website

Forget it. IT WORKS!

[Jerry Stuckle]

Re: Multilanguage website

petermichaux@ya hoo.com wrote:[color=blue]
> I am doing exactly what Jerry suggested
>
> in "index.php" I have something like the following. (this isn't tested
> because really I have it spread out through a few files.)
>
> <?php
>
> session_start() ;
>
> define("DEFAULT _LANGUAGE", 'ge');
> define("SITE_RO OT", dirname(__FILE_ _));
>
> if ( !isset($_SESSIO N['Language']) )
> {
> $_SESSION['Language'] = DEFAULT_LANGUAG E;
> }
> require_once(SI TE_ROOT."/languages/".$_SESSION['Language']."/language.php");
>
> ?>
>[/color]

Why confuse things with SITE_ROOT? If you want the server's root directory,
$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] gives it to you.

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