Hello list and naoki, I have just started coding php applications after using cold fusion for 2 years. I live/work in japan and develop bi-lingual applications.
It is exciting to see something like the PEAR I18N class, however I have no idea on how to use it, or what features/benefits it may offer. (in fact I have heard good things about PEAR classes, but have no idea how to use it, or what it does). Is there a newbie guide to using pear, or general tips on making a multi-lingual site (specifically interested in EN and JP)? Any help would be appreciated. Cold Fusion (until the next MX version) didnt support functions on multi-byte strings. Caused me lots of problems. looking forward to hearing from you thanks chad > Hello Jeff, > > Actually, I wrote the PEAR I18N class with Wolfram Kriesing. > We aimed at providing generic API that have gettext like functionality. > > There is only File Container for now. It can be used without gettext module > for people who don't have authority to recompile/install PHP. (i.e. Shared > server users) > but Gettext Container(wrapper) is planned for future release. That way, > developer will be able to switch container(File, Gettext) without modifying > your > script. > > Other than that, I18N provides language negotiation, > ISO-639-1 two letter language code to language name mapping, > and ISO-3166 two letter country code to country name mapping. > > Either way, I could happily deployed Japanese/English web site. > > Naoki Shima > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeff Bailey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 10:38 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [PHP-I18N] Opinion of cleanest/fastest php i18n solution. > > > I'm in the process of evaluation the various ways to implement an > interationally supported web application using php. So far i've taken a > look at two standards based routes. > > 1. Pear i18n located in the cvs.php.net repository. > > http://cvs.php.net/cvs.php/pear/I18N?Horde=694161bb2ea40c04dfc77f8647bdc983 > > 2. Gettext which is a function support extension within php. > > The Pear i18n code is experimental so I would venture to guess that the > gettext solution leave something to be desired within php if it is something > being worked on within the Pear project. > > I'd just like to get some opinions from other people that have implemented > internationally support php driven websites on this mailing list. > > The main things that I am looking for are clean "standardized" code, speed, > 100% support for the major languages including Japanese, Chinese, etc.. > > Thanks, > -Jeff > > > -- > PHP Internationalization Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > -- > PHP Internationalization Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP Internationalization Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
