Build Multi-lingual Websites With the Zend Framework
Allowing the User to Dynamically Switch Languages
In order to take full advantage of this feature, you need to provide the user with a way to select the desired language. This is very easily done by creating links that pass along an easily identifiable parameter and corresponding locale, like so:
To retrieve the lang = it parameter, just add the following line to the appropriate controller method:
$lang = $this->_request->getParam('lang');
Then modify the Zend_Translate constructor call used earlier in this chapter to read like so:
$translate = new Zend_Translate('csv', "c:apache2htdocslanguages$lang.csv", '$lang');
Where to Go From Here?
Zend_Translate is just one feature at your disposal when creating websites for the world. For instance, the Zend_Locale component greatly reduces the complexity of localizing dates, numbers, currency, and calendars. The Zend_Measure component helps you convert data such as temperature and velocity, the units of which vary widely among nations.
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About the Author
W. Jason Gilmore is Apress' Open Source Editorial Director, and co-founder of IT Enlightenment. He's the author of several books, including the best-selling "Beginning PHP and MySQL 5: Novice to Professional, Second Edition" (Apress, 2006. 913pp.). Jason loves receiving e-mail; so don't hesitate to write him at wjATwjgilmore.com.
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