[FX.php List] Approach for multiple language project

[Gjermund Gusland Thorsen]

Untested, but I think this would do the job:

Do not forget to have session_start(); at the top of every file.

http://pastebin.com/f528f1f4

ggt

2009/11/20 Gjermund Gusland Thorsen <ggt667 at gmail.com>:
> 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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>>>> Exit 445 Group
>>>> jonathan at exit445.com
>>>> http://www.exit445.com
>>>> 415-370-5011
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