Re: php, ajax and international application

On Tue, 2008-04-22 at 07:55 +0200, Alain Roger wrote: > Hi, > > Till now, i'm used to have a php file (for each language) to store all text > labels for my international application. > i tried with Ajax to improve it but it seems not so flexible at it promised. > my purpose was to limit the transfer data and especially to not load too > much the server with not important calculation as localization of > application. > > therefore, i would like to know what do you do to have an international > application ? > 1. do you use JSON : 1 javascript file for each language and for each > module. Code is not secured and everybody can read it. Usually you use one "language" JavaScript file for each language. And the JavaScript code itself is language neutral. > 2. do you use PHP like i wrote above. PHP would also use the language file. You could put all your language stuff in a PHP file and have a script that can convert it to a JavaScript loadable file. That way your maintenance occurs in one location, but you can benefit from having the JS pre-created. > 3. you use another method > > I would be glad to here from you the pros and cons of your experiences. I've not done a lot with JavaScript and multilingualism. At least not in a way that was overly important. With respect to content, I do use separate content files. My InterJinn framework when it builds the pages from the templates will grab template lang/X and fall back on template X if the language specific version doesn't exist. This is automatic when multilingual is enabled for a project. Then it's just a case of having language strings defined for stuff like forms and error messages. here's a site I recently launched: http://www.expertpanel.ca The mapping of links to language specific content is all done at compile time. The only run-time feature of the site is the random banner image at the top and any forms. If *I* was to have a need for JavaScript like you mention, I would build the language files from a PHP master file automatically when building the site. Cheers, Rob. -- http://www.interjinn.com Application and Templating Framework for PHP