Why dont you try Poedit for Localization ..BTW its a great tool..here's the step by step way
IN your bootstrap...
protected function _initLanguage() {
// initialising translator
$translator = new Zend_Translate(
array(
'adapter' => 'gettext',
'content' => APPLICATION_PATH . '/languages/en/default.mo',
'locale' => 'en'
)
);
Zend_Registry::set('Zend_Translate', $translator);
$frontController = Zend_Controller_Front::getInstance();
$frontController->registerPlugin(new Application_Plugin_Translate());
}
/***End of code for bootstrap*/
/Plugin file* save in your plugins directory*/
class Application_Plugin_Translate extends Zend_Controller_Action_Helper_Abstract
{
/**
* Translation object
*
* @var Zend_Translate_Adapter
*/
protected $_translator;
/**
* Constructor for manually handling
*
* @param Zend_Translate|Zend_Translate_Adapter $translate Instance of Zend_Translate
*/
public function __construct($translate = null)
{
if ($translate !== null) {
$this->setTranslator($translate);
}
}
/**
* Translate a message
* You can give multiple params or an array of params.
* If you want to output another locale just set it as last single parameter
* Example 1: translate('%1\$s + %2\$s', $value1, $value2, $locale);
* Example 2: translate('%1\$s + %2\$s', array($value1, $value2), $locale);
*
* @param string $messageid Id of the message to be translated
* @return string|Zend_View_Helper_Translate Translated message
*/
public function translate($messageid = null)
{
if ($messageid === null) {
return $this;
}
$translate = $this->getTranslator();
$options = func_get_args();
array_shift($options);
$count = count($options);
$locale = null;
if ($count > 0) {
if (Zend_Locale::isLocale($options[($count - 1)], null, false) !== false) {
$locale = array_pop($options);
}
}
if ((count($options) === 1) and (is_array($options[0]) === true)) {
$options = $options[0];
}
if ($translate !== null) {
$messageid = $translate->translate($messageid, $locale);
}
if (count($options) === 0) {
return $messageid;
}
return vsprintf($messageid, $options);
}
/**
* Sets a translation Adapter for translation
*
* @param Zend_Translate|Zend_Translate_Adapter $translate Instance of Zend_Translate
* @throws Zend_View_Exception When no or a false instance was set
* @return Zend_View_Helper_Translate
*/
public function setTranslator($translate)
{
if ($translate instanceof Zend_Translate_Adapter) {
$this->_translator = $translate;
} else if ($translate instanceof Zend_Translate) {
$this->_translator = $translate->getAdapter();
} else {
require_once 'Zend/View/Exception.php';
$e = new Zend_View_Exception('You must set an instance of Zend_Translate or Zend_Translate_Adapter');
$e->setView($this->view);
throw $e;
}
return $this;
}
/**
* Retrieve translation object
*
* @return Zend_Translate_Adapter|null
*/
public function getTranslator()
{
if ($this->_translator === null) {
require_once 'Zend/Registry.php';
if (Zend_Registry::isRegistered('Zend_Translate')) {
$this->setTranslator(Zend_Registry::get('Zend_Translate'));
}
}
return $this->_translator;
}
/**
* Set's an new locale for all further translations
*
* @param string|Zend_Locale $locale New locale to set
* @throws Zend_View_Exception When no Zend_Translate instance was set
* @return Zend_View_Helper_Translate
*/
public function setLocale($locale = null)
{
$translate = $this->getTranslator();
if ($translate === null) {
require_once 'Zend/View/Exception.php';
$e = new Zend_View_Exception('You must set an instance of Zend_Translate or Zend_Translate_Adapter');
$e->setView($this->view);
throw $e;
}
$translate->setLocale($locale);
return $this;
}
/**
* Returns the set locale for translations
*
* @throws Zend_View_Exception When no Zend_Translate instance was set
* @return string|Zend_Locale
*/
public function getLocale()
{
$translate = $this->getTranslator();
if ($translate === null) {
require_once 'Zend/View/Exception.php';
$e = new Zend_View_Exception('You must set an instance of Zend_Translate or Zend_Translate_Adapter');
$e->setView($this->view);
throw $e;
}
return $translate->getLocale();
}
public function direct($messageid = null)
{
return $this->translate($messageid);
}
}
/*****A library file for translation******/
<?php
class Application_Locale {
protected $_locale = 'en'; //default language
function __construct($locale = null) {
$session->locale = $this->_locale; //Change this accordingly to your suit ir when you change the lang drop down box..change this..etc
}
/* get locale */
public function getLocale() {
return $this->_locale;
}
public static function translate($string){ //a custom function for translation
$translate = Zend_Registry::get('Zend_Translate');
return $translate->translate($string);
}
}
And finally in your application you can call Application_Locale::translate('your string') for translation
And most importanty read this for setting up poedit for your application
http://techie.ayyappadas.com/how-do-use-poeditor
