PHP Language Files

hermespalace

I understand how you could use a language file for a website - you know by using a piece of code (example shown below), and then setting the text output in a separate file from the rest of the site.

{YOUR_CODE}

Thats where the problems start to arrise!
Thus, my question is:

How do you include the language file in a PHP file (e.g. index.php)?

bpat1434

From what I've understood of them (which is PHP Support Tickets and phpB😎 the language file is just something like:

$lang['welcome'] = "Welcome to the website";
$lang['something'] = "this is more text in a language";

That is re-created for each language you want (english, german, spanish, etc.). Then, in your index.php file, you include the language file as a regular file:
include('language.php');

Now, the other option (for multiple languages) is to set a cookie that has their language in it. Then based upon the cookie include a certain language file.

~Brett

hermespalace

$lang['welcome'] = "Welcome to the website";

OK, so the above code is placed in your language file. So what you you put in your page to show the "Welcome to the website" message?

bpat1434

To display it, you'd just echo it:

<?php
include('language.php');

?>
<html>
<head>
  <title>Test Page</title>
</head>
<body>
<?= $lang['welcome']; ?>
</body>
</html>



<?php
/*
+-----------------------
| Language.php
+-----------------------
*/
$lang['welcome'] = "Welcome to my website."
?>

That will output a page which shows:
Welcome to my website.
with a title of "Test Page" and nothing else.

~Brett

hermespalace

Thanks m8! I think that I'll be about to sort out my website problem! Hopefully, with the use of the language files, I'll be able to use the same "phrases" all over this particular section of my site - by the way, its for the STAR WARS: GALACTIC BATTLEGROUNDS game (PC) ...