How to have 2 languages in html so that I can open the page with a flag like lang=en?

Question

I am making a html for showing a "Problem Statement" of a contest. The problem has translation in 2 language English and Bengali. I can make this using 2 htmls. But how can I have like this -
desc.html?lang=en or desc.html?lang=bn or some other kind so that I can tell the page to show a specific language?

I am a newbie in web development.

That would require some work with PHP. If you're using just URL to detect language, then with `$_GET` find which one (and have default, just in case) it is and include file that contains all constants. Use those constants in HTML file. — Gynteniuxas, Dec 31 '16 at 14:56
Possible duplicate of [Best way to internationalize simple PHP website](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6953528/best-way-to-internationalize-simple-php-website) — cb0, Dec 31 '16 at 14:57

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:16

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Say, you have 2 files currently, index-english.html and index-german.html

You now create a file called index-global.php. ~~Whether the first two pages are fully HTML or contain PHP, doesn't matter, but you should keep the current extension.~~Thanks to fred-ii for mentioning that you should change the extension to .php for the HTML-pages

In the index-global.php you'll place the following code

if (isset($_GET['lang']) AND $_GET['lang'] == "en") require("index-english.html");
elseif (isset($_GET['lang']) AND $_GET['lang'] == "de") require("index-german.html");
else {
    header("Location: /?lang=en"); //redirect if no language specified
    exit();
}

A better way would be to check the language automatically based on the Accept-Language-header, for example

$languages_supported_by_client = explode(",",$_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE']);
foreach ($language_supported_by_client as $language) {
    if($language == "en") {
        require("index-english.html");
        exit();
    }
    elseif($language == "de") {
        require("index-german.html");
        exit();
    }
}
require("index-english.html");
exit();

In this case the asker wanted to include all HTML in one file

$languages_supported_by_client = explode(",",$_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE']);
foreach ($language_supported_by_client as $language) {
    if($language == "en") {
        ?>English HTML content here<?php
        exit();
    }
    elseif($language == "de") {
        ?>German HTML content here<?php
        exit();
    }
}
?>English HTML content here<?php
exit();

edited May 23 '17 at 12:16

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answered Dec 31 '16 at 14:57

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I didn't want like this. I want only one HTML where I can store both 2 Text. And I should be able to see only one text – Rezwan Arefin Dec 31 '16 at 15:00
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The `.html` extension will only work if they instructed their system to treat `.html` files "as" PHP and if they want to run it on a local webserver. Your answer isn't entirely correct. You say *"Whether the first two pages are fully HTML or contain PHP, doesn't matter, but you should keep the current extension"* - Believe me, it does matter. – Funk Forty Niner Dec 31 '16 at 15:01
@RezwanArefin Read my comment above. I think it might fit. – Gynteniuxas Dec 31 '16 at 15:02
@EdvinTenovimas Still didn't get it :( – Rezwan Arefin Dec 31 '16 at 15:03
@rpi .. You still have 2 .html. I asked for only one html. Where I can store the problem statement and call it to show one – Rezwan Arefin Dec 31 '16 at 15:04
Thanks @Fred-ii-, I've updated my answer – rrr Dec 31 '16 at 15:07
@rpi You're welcome. – Funk Forty Niner Dec 31 '16 at 15:08
@RezwanArefin, that's achievable by placing the current html files between the if's instead of the requires – rrr Dec 31 '16 at 15:08
@rpi Can I have only one .php to do this? – Rezwan Arefin Dec 31 '16 at 15:08
@RezwanArefin, that's exactly how I understood your last comment – rrr Dec 31 '16 at 15:09
I dont want my current 2 html. I want to have only one php / html to do that – Rezwan Arefin Dec 31 '16 at 15:09
Actually I am kind of absolute newbie in web development .. :( – Rezwan Arefin Dec 31 '16 at 15:10
Please read my updated answer, see last codeblock – rrr Dec 31 '16 at 15:12
Thanks. Get it :) – Rezwan Arefin Dec 31 '16 at 15:13

How to have 2 languages in html so that I can open the page with a flag like lang=en?

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