[FX.php List] Approach for multiple language project

[Jonathan Schwartz]

ggt....tell me more.

Jonathan

>Please use FileMaker for those values,
>it will most likely save you alot of trouble.
>
>ggt
>
>2009/11/20 Jonathan Schwartz <jschwartz at exit445.com>:
>>  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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