You can use constants:
in your language file
define("HELLO", OLA);
in your script which includes the language file you can write
$greeting = HELLO . " $first_name";
print $greeting;
Kevin Leavell
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---> From: Tao [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
---> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 9:50 PM
---> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
---> Subject: [PHP] software localization with PHP
--->
--->
---> Hi all,
--->
---> I have a question about localizing PHP scripts. I understand
---> that for basic
---> localization one can have a "strings" file for each language,
---> which contains
---> string variables and values such as:
---> <?php
---> $title = "Welcome!";
---> $error = "An error occurred.";
---> ?>
--->
---> Then, in the scripts just "include" the language file at the
---> beginning and
---> simply call the strings by their variable names. The issue I
---> have is when
---> embedding variables within these strings. Suppose I need to
---> call the user
---> by his/her first name, in the strings file I would have a variable like
---> this:
---> $greeting = "Welcome! $first_name";
--->
---> The problem is, the strings file is loaded at the beginning of
---> the script
---> before $first_name was set, so the $greeting string will come out as
---> "Welcome! ", with $first_name being an empty string. Even if
---> I loaded the
---> strings file after the $first_name variable is set, the problem still
---> remains - when $first_name variable is changed, the strings
---> file has to be
---> reloaded.
--->
---> What is the best way of dealing with this problem? Is there a
---> place to find
---> "best practices" on localizing PHP software?
--->
---> Tao
--->
--->
--->
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