Advanced Translations?

[eluser]xwero[/eluser]
I haven't used the language functions of CI but the way i do it is to have a placeholder in the string

Code:

// language files
$some_string_en = 'You have [NUMBER] new messages.';
$some_string_nl = 'U hebt [NUMBER] nieuwe berichten.';
// controller
echo strtr($some_string_lang,'[NUMBER]',123);

Maybe it should be build in somewhere in the functions to recognize placeholders.