Languages Apache ???

[ch at code-heads.com]

> On Thursday 02 Feb 2006 21:11, CodeHeads wrote:
>> Not sure if this fits this list for not.  But here it goes.
>>
>> I have a portal written in PHP and I need to have it in another language
>> (Chinese or Japanese).  How would I do that in apache?? Bare in mind I
>> need also to be in English.
>>
>> Sorry if this is the wrong list.
>
> It is the wrong list, but I can try :-)
>
> Basically, it means a re-write of the PHP application, to allow on-the-fly
> translations of the content of the site.  You supply a different file for
> each string that appears on the site (you have to normally translate
> entire
> phrases, not just words) and the visitor's browser, when it connects,
> supplies the context (i.e. most browsers will tell the server what
> language
> they are configured to display).
>
> The application then chooses which language file to read the strings from
> when
> it composes each page that is served.
>
> Apache itself does have a file-based translation capability .. but it has
> no
> idea about your application, so you need to provide the translations, and
> its
> often easier to do it inside the application, as Apache's solution is to
> server files from different directories dependant on the browser context.
> (Simplified explanation)
>
> This makes sites with rapidly changing content VERY maintenance-heavy.
>
> An example:
>
> When reading in each PHP file, the script detects the browser setting (or
> the
> users preferences if its a site where those preferences are stored) and
> includes a file which contains an array specific to that language, indexed
> by
> the name of the string you need to modify ..
>
> #file en.inc language english
> $lang["Hello"]= "hello";
> _________________________
> #file fr.inc language French
> #lang["Hello"] = "bonjour";  //yeah ok, my French is lousy
> _________________________
> #script file
> //protocode only
> if ($browser_lang=="Eng")
> 	include("lang/en.inc");
> elseif ($browser_lang=="Fr")
> 	include("$lang/fr.inc");
> endif
>
> echo $lang["Hello"];
> _________________________
> TD
>

Tony,

Thank you that is what I thought on both accounts. :)

Never had to mess with langauages before.

Will