Detect browser language & change page accordingly

[Haunted Dawg]

Well, i just wanted to check if this is do able. And it pretty much is.. If you really wanted to expand your website. Here's a small method..

We use the $_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE'] php variable here.

What we do is we mainly generate our file's in english. We then put all the word's we would like to translate in a huge array along with the english array. And here is a small snippet:

 

<?php
$foul = $_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE'];
$sub  = substr($foul, 0, 2);
$languages = array(
   'es' => 'Spanish',
   'en' => 'English',
);
if(!isset($_GET['lang']))    {
   ob_start($languages[$sub]);
}
function Spanish($all)    {
   $spanish = array('hola','como','haces');
   $english = array('hello','how','do');
   return str_ireplace($english, $spanish, $all);
}
function English($all)    {
   //Since our content is written in english, we dont need to replace anything
}

 

That for me would change, hello, how & do to the according spanish word's as my pc is spanish.

I hope atleast some one find's this usefull.

[Karlos94]

You missed a key point..

For example:

I Agree - English

Acepto - Spanish

Ich bin einverstanden - German

Je suis d'accord - French

All the same phrase, just translated.. So technically your function has a limit on what you can do...

Why not keep it simple? Have a file of translations and link them into your actualy file..

I'm using CodeIgniter for a project I am doing, thought it'll be different from what I am use to, but anyway... Here is a snippet I use with CodeIgniter..

 

class Login extends Controller
{ 

private function getLang()
{
	$lang = substr($_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE'], 0, 2);
	if (!in_array($lang, array('en', 'es', 'de', 'fr')))
	{
		$lang = 'en';
	}
	//$lang = 'fr'; <-- Testing purposes only..
	return $lang;
}

public function index()
{
	// Blah blah...
	$this->lang->load('login', $this->getLang());
	// Get information needed and pass it to the view.
}

}

[sniko]

wow, cool, nice jobe well done

[a_bertrand]

I would suggest you guys to check the ZapEngine (free / GNU) which contains a function called t() which allows you to handle localization of your game.