[FX.php List] Approach for multiple language project

[Jonathan Schwartz]

Thanks for the sample code. Seeing all the 
"non-standard" characters makes me think of 
another question...whether FileMaker will handle 
these as well as in a text editor, if a text file 
method is used.

Jonathan

At 2:58 PM -0500 11/20/09, Someone wrote:
>Hi Jonathan,
>I did a project with 3 languages.
>The labels of each form were variables.
>Lucky the labels didn't change.
>If they'd changed often then maybe a database would have be needed.
>
>
>eg.
>if ($lang == 'en'){
>	$l_header = "Please complete the following billing information:";
>	$l_name = "Full Name";
>	$l_appears = "(as it appears on credit card)";
>	$l_card = "Credit Card Number";
>	$l_month = "Expiry Month";
>	$l_year = "Expiry Year";
>	$l_email = "Email address";
>  	$l_regret = "We regret that we can only 
>accept VISA and MasterCard payments at this 
>time.";
>
>}elseif ($lang == 'fr'){
>	$l_header = "S'il vous plait remplissez 
>les champs suivants avec vos donnÈs:";
>	$l_name = "Nom";
>	$l_appears = "(du titulaire de la carte de credit)";
>	$l_card = "NumÈro de la carte de credit";
>	$l_month = "Mois d'ÈchÈance";
>	$l_year = "AnnÈe d'ÈchÈance";
>	$l_email = "Adresse Èlectronique";
>  	$l_regret = " Paiement par carte VISA ou MasterCard seulement";
>
>}elseif ($lang == 'es'){
>	$l_header = "Por favor complete la siguiente informaciÛn de pago:";
>	$l_name = "Nombre completo";
>	$l_appears = "(tal como aparece en su tarjeta de crÈdito)";
>	$l_card = "N™mero de tarjeta de crÈdito";
>	$l_month = "Mes de vencimiento";
>	$l_year = "AÒo de vencimiento";
>	$l_email = "DirecciÛn electrÛnica";
>  	$l_regret = "Pago por tarjeta VISA o MasterCard solamente.";
>
>}
>
>On Nov 20, 2009, at 2:44 PM, Jonathan Schwartz wrote:
>
>>Hi Folks,
>>
>>I'm contemplating how to best approach a new 
>>project. The core of the project is a 
>>multi-page online application form that is 
>>needed in 6 different languages.
>>
>>Obvioulsy, the process starts by defining each 
>>block of text in the form...including error 
>>messaging... and assigning a unique variable. 
>>The variable gets populated from 6 different 
>>"buckets" of values of each language after a 
>>master language variable is set.
>>
>>The question is how to store the text data.  I 
>>guess the choices are either in individual 
>>languages php files, one for each language, and 
>>including the appropriate files.  The other 
>>choice is storing the text in a FileMaker 
>>database.  The first option would be faster, 
>>but "more technical" to edit. The latter would 
>>require more processing power but be easier to 
>>edit and manage.
>>
>>A further complication is handling javascript 
>>forms validation in the various languages as 
>>well.
>>
>>Anyone been down this road before?
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>Jonathan
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