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A better language helper - El Forum - 12-16-2011
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I am working on integrating with getlocalization.com to crowd-source localization for wookmark.com, and found the CodeIgniter language helper function not very useful. Here's a version that works better for my purposes, that I wanted to share.
One difference is that the function returns the passed in text when no localization is available. CodeIgniter's lang function returns false in that case. I prefer this option since it's a better failsave.
Second difference is that the function supports templated parameters. Here's an example.
Code:
trans('Hello {user}', array('user' => 'Peter')); // Returns "Hello Peter"And here's the helper function.
Code:
function trans($line, $props = null) {
$result = $line;
$CI =& get_instance();
if(isset($CI->lang->language[$line])) {
$result = $CI->lang->language[$line];
}
if($props) {
foreach($props as $key=>$value) {
$bits = explode('{'.$key.'}', $result);
$result = implode($value, $bits);
}
}
return $result;
}