Language changer help please

selda

Hi
I have done all the translations like english.php, german.php spanish.php etc. but i can not load these pages.I do not want to separate pages like html.Without writing all separete pages i have put all the necessary pages to one file.My problem i can not succeed to call these files when visiters click to flags.
How should i have to write functions for it?
I can write all the pages separete and like html give a links to each but it will be mass and size will be large.
index.php?language=english like this
or index.php?language=german etc how should i write functions
(In one file like english.php has about contact support etc )
Thank you for your assist

ednark

you can do something like this

index.php?language=english

include("{$_GET['language']}.php");

which would turn into

include("english.php");

selda

Hi Ednark
I have done but it did not succeed for all my files.
I have language flags and for each language one file.
With include i have done but first page or what i have put it it comes but the rest of them when i click it i want that these files will load (like english choose)all the web pages will change to english.Since i have one file.
I have not find the relative example in google.I do not want to make all the pages separete link.
When user click to one flag so translated this english.php will translate all the pages.(about support and etc.)
Thank you for your assist.

ednark

oh i see... you want a way to remember the language choice between each page without forcing the user to submit a form every page. The answer is to use a session. Your php.ini may be set to auto_start a session every page load or you may have to manually start it with session_start().

Once the use has choosen the initial language, simply do this

index.php?language=english

$_SESSION['language'] = $_GET['languauge']
include("{$_SESSION['language']}.php");

every other page:

session_start();
/// default to english if session has not been set
if ( empty($_SESSION['langauge']) ) {
  $_SESSION['language'] = 'english';
}
include("{$_SESSION['language']}.php");

once you stick it in the session once, a call to session_start() (or .ini file setting) will make it available across pages

gammaster

I guess that ednark take validation of the $GET['languauge'] as a matter of course here, but you should never include or save something right from the $GET or $_POST array.

http://www.domain.com?language=../../secureFile

I know that '.ph' is there but it is a bad practise.

selda

Thank you for your assist.I have searched in google some php tutorial regarding my project.
I have english.php
german.php
french.php

and for each flags.This page is not a board nor ready page.
I have these pages

index.php so from index.php (When user has german os it will load to german.php
if it is english os and load english.php
In addition to this user can set or view the other languages.
My idea it will load all the pages with just a one language file.
I do not want to edit every time one pages.
From one page i want to control all the pages.
index.php
include ("english.php");
I have done with switch but it did not succeed.
Are there any tutorial like this.
Thank you for your assist.