A simple Internationalization (i18n) library for CodeIgniter

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Requirement

CodeIgniter 2.1.X
Enable Session

What it does

Have the language field in the URL, exapmle:

Code:

?lang=en-us
index.php/welcome/index?lang=en-us

Installation

copy application/config/language.php to your_app/application/config/
copy application/core/MY_Lang.php to your_app/application/core/

Code:

$ cp application/config/language.php our_app/application/config/
$ cp application/core/MY_Lang.php your_app/application/core/

Configuration

Open application/config/language.php file

language_field
You can find this field in URL, default value is "lang", example: ?lang=zh-tw

language_default_key
Default language you want to output.

language_list
The language array lists you can support.

key: defined from $_['HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE']
value: corresponding to your language folder.

How to use

application/language/english/about_lang.php

Code:

<?php  if ( ! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');
$lang['home'] = "Home";
$lang['introduction'] = "Introduction";
$lang['location'] = "Location";

View

Code:

<p>&lt;?php echo lang('about.home')?&gt;</p>
<p>&lt;?php echo lang('about.introduction')?&gt;</p>
<p>&lt;?php echo lang('about.location')?&gt;</p>

The language class will add prefix value on all language array key automatically.

example:

Code:

about_lang.php => key: about.xxxx
api_lang.php => Key: api.xxxx