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[TheJoe]

Hi there, i've just read your article titled "running a multilingual website", and it doesn't seem to be that hard. Sorry for the absolute beginner question..

I've ran your code, i can get values from the it.lng and en.lng, but i didn't understood how to let the user make the choice.. what should i link to switch from a language to the other one?

Thanks for an answer.

[Saleh]

You can pass it in the URL or even post it in a form.
Probably the easiest solution is passing it by URL. a typical link would be something like:

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<?php
$page = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']. '?lang=it';

echo "<a href=\"{$page}\">Italian</a>";
Then change check_lang() function to make it like:

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<?php
function check_lang() { 
  if (!isset($_SESSION['lang']) && !isset($_GET['lang'])) { 
    $lang = 'english'; 

// if something is passed, sanitize it and then save it to the session var.
  } elseif (isset($_GET['lang'])) {
    $lang = ctype_alpha($_GET['lang']) ? $_GET['lang'] : 'english';
    $_SESSION['lang'] = $lang;
  } else { 
    $lang = $_SESSION['lang']; 
  } 

//directory name 
  $dir = 'languages'; 

//no we return the langauge wanted ! 
//Returned String Format: dirname/filename.ext 
  return "$dir/$lang.lng"; 
}

[TheJoe]

wow, it seems to work properly now.. XD

I have one more question.. i'll try to explain.. the site i'm working on has a news manager (fusionnews).

I need the site to show news in different languages. The files it.lng, en.lng, ecc. should contain only the navigation menus and little sentences, for the articles i need a news manager. FusionNews did the trick until few minutes ago. I have 4 categories (italian, english, ecc), i login, i write the article in italian, then in english, french, spanish and so on, then i publish it in the 4 different categories that go in 4 different pages. The following:

/it_index.php
/en_index.php
/es_index.php
ecc..

Each page contain a different php string:

it_index.php
<?php $fn_category = 2; include "data/upload/news.php"; ?>

en_index.php
<?php $fn_category = 3; include "data/upload/news.php"; ?>

es_index.php
<?php $fn_category = 4; include "data/upload/news.php"; ?>

Is it possible to keep on using fusionnews and your multilingual trick together?

[Saleh]

I haven't worked with FusionNews before so I can't tell you for sure. But technically, everything is possible it's just how complex doing so would be.

But if I understand you correct, the categories are virtually the same thing as my multilingual "trick"

[asbruff]

hem.. i really don't know how php works.. as far as i'm not a programmer..

i just understand the include.. and nothing else.. XD Is it a pain for you to help me understanding PHP? XD

[Saleh]

To what level do you want me to help you?
PHP as a language is easy. But understanding others' code can be difficult for any language.

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