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i18n in PHP

FicheCuig · 2014-01-20 20:42:01

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.

20-01-2014 09:42PM

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FicheCuig

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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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#2 21-01-2014 05:57PM
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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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#3 21-01-2014 07:34PM

FicheCuig

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Excellent! Will look at this! Thank you!

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