You can still do:
in your language file (presumably called english.php)
define("ENGLISH_GREETING", "Hello, \$first_name");
Then in your script you just need to use
ENGLISH_GREETING
it should work as long as you have defined $first_name prior to using
ENGLISH_GREETING
you may have to declare $first_name as a global variable but I am not sure.
Kevin Leavell
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---> From: Tao [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
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---> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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--->
--->
---> Kevin,
--->
---> Thanks for the reply. This will not solve my problem. The
---> problem is, for some
---> languages the sentence structure may be different. For
---> example, the sentence
---> may need to be,
---> $greeting = "$first_name, welcome!"
---> as opposed to,
---> $greeting = "Welcome, $first_name!"
--->
---> Or, it can come in a different form, like,
---> $greeting = "Good morning, $first_name."
--->
---> These specificity need to be in the language file, not the scripts.
--->
---> Tao
--->
--->
---> Leavell Digital Design wrote:
--->
---> > 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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---> > P 406.829.8989
---> > C 406.240.4595
---> >
---> > ---> -----Original Message-----
---> > ---> 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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