how to use gettext in php?

Question

I have a file dk.po and dk.mo in folder lang in my webdir.

How can I use this file? I have tried all, but I can not get it to work.

// Lang
putenv('LC_ALL=dk');
setlocale(LC_ALL, 'dk');

// Specify location of translation tables
bindtextdomain("dk", ROOT .'lang');

// Choose domain
textdomain("dk");

I'm wondering if it is necessary to called putenv('...') when setlocale is called before ? — Leto, Sep 26 '12 at 10:40
@Leto as I understood, the putenv call is for Windows compatibility. — mrbellek, Aug 05 '13 at 09:14

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 17 '10 at 13:35

I am working with this already:

setlocale(LC_ALL, 'ar_LY.utf8');
bindtextdomain("trans", $_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"].'/trans/locale');
textdomain("trans");

the language file path:

/var/www/trans/locale/ar_LY/LC_MESSAGES/trans.mo

and I think (not sure) that you have to use the same paths!

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 08 '10 at 13:24

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this works for me my file is named messages.mo

static function initialize_i18n() {
    $locale=App::$locale;        
    $locales_root = App::$root."locale";
    putenv('LANG='.$locale);
    putenv('LANGUAGE='.$locale);
    putenv('LC_ALL='.$locale);    
    putenv('LC_MESSAGES='.$locale); 
    setlocale(LC_ALL, $locale.".utf-8");   
    $domains = glob($locales_root.'/'.$locale.'/LC_MESSAGES/messages-*.mo');
    $current = basename($domains[0],'.mo');
    $timestamp = preg_replace('{messages-}i','',$current);
    bindtextdomain("messages",$locales_root);
    textdomain("messages");
}

answered Mar 08 '10 at 13:24

Luca Rocchi

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hmmm, i not relly understand :/ i have file into this folder /var/www/domain.com/lang/dk/dk.mo can you make a sample out of this info? – ParisNakitaKejser Mar 08 '10 at 13:37
im sorry for my variables .. substitute $locale with "lang/dk" and App::$root with "/var/www/domain.com/" – Luca Rocchi Mar 08 '10 at 15:17

score -1 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 08 '10 at 13:27

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I would seriously recommend using Zend_Translate for this as you can run into a lot of inconsistencies with locales on various types of systems.

Docs: http://framework.zend.com/manual/en/zend.translate.using.html

answered Mar 08 '10 at 13:27

meder omuraliev

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if i have a big project, can i out zend translate into this? or will it be hard? – ParisNakitaKejser Mar 08 '10 at 13:35
Just grab the entire Zend library and include just the Zend Translate class and you should be good. – meder omuraliev Mar 08 '10 at 13:43
You will not need to use `gettext` php function, because Zend provides its own entire implementation of gettext. One thing though, your host *must* be using PHP5 or Zend won't work. – meder omuraliev Mar 08 '10 at 13:46

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