[FX.php List] Approach for multiple language project
Gjermund Gusland Thorsen
ggt667 at gmail.com
Fri Nov 20 21:06:11 MST 2009
Mainly due to easy maintenance, and that the client can edit the
values themselves.
ggt
2009/11/21 Jonathan Schwartz <jschwartz at exit445.com>:
> ggt... Thanks for the code. Tell me why you think that storing the variable
> data in FileMaker is better than in text files.
>
> J
>
> At 10:44 PM +0100 11/20/09, Gjermund Gusland Thorsen wrote:
>>
>> 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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