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i18n in PHP

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  • 20-01-2014 9:42pm
    #1
    FicheCuig
    Registered Users Posts: 25 ✭


    What techniques are recommended / used for internationalization in php?

    For the purposes of displaying text items on web-pages, emails etc. I am thinking of having an xml file for each language, e.g. en_ie.xml, ga_ie.xml etc.


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    Talisman
    Registered Users Posts: 6,178 ✭✭✭Talisman


    XML files are not recommended as they incur memory and processor overhead which will affect performance. Use resource files which contain the string resources for a language. Each language file is kept in its own folder e.g.
    lang/
    en/ /* English */
       messages.php
    es/ /* Spanish */
       messages.php
    fr/ /* French */
       messages.php

    PHP Internationalization with gettext tutorial/


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    FicheCuig
    Registered Users Posts: 25 ✭FicheCuig


    Excellent! Will look at this! Thank you!


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