Re: building a language pack

is xml compatible with php? i don't know anything about xml. any places on the net i can get a quick overview of it? ----- Original Message ----- From: Alex Black <enigma@turingstudio.com> To: <> Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 2:17 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] building a language pack > I'm of the opinion that abstracting all "lang-specific" strings to an xml > file is the easiest, cleanest way to go. that means "layman" authors can > translate without screwing up your code, and you can get a lot of languages > fast. > > it's also pretty convenient to get the strings out, and to add new ones. > > just assign an id, like: > > <string> > <id>12</id> > <lang:en>hello, world</lang:en> > <lang:fr>bonjour, monde</lang:fr> > </string> > > or something :) > > _alex > > > -- > Alex Black, Head Monkey > enigma@turingstudio.com > > The Turing Studio, Inc. > http://www.turingstudio.com > > vox+510.666.0074 > fax+510.666.0093 > > Saul Zaentz Film Center > 2600 Tenth St Suite 433 > Berkeley, CA 94710-2522 > > > > > > From: jeremyf10@excite.com > > Newsgroups: php.general > > Date: 24 Jan 2001 10:08:55 -0800 > > Subject: [PHP] building a language pack > > > > I'm the author of an opensource php auctioning system and have recently been > > receving alot of emails concerning the availibility of different languages. > > I was wondering what the best way to build a sort of language pack would be > > (one file for french, one for english, one for german, etc). Something like > > replacing one file containing the language specs & translations would > > translate the entire system. I'm just looking for recommendations before I > > start asking volunteers to translate the words. Thanks. > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________________ > > Send a cool gift with your E-Card > > http://www.bluemountain.com/giftcenter/ > > > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com