using .xml file for language change

pradeepjain

I have a form .i need this form field labels to be displayed in 3-4 languages . i have the corresponding labels in different languages in a .xml file . i dono how to do the conversions. form is in html rite now. any help on how to do this!

Dormilich

you have to get the labels from the XML through a filter. but that depends on the structure of the file, the HTML etc. can’t say more without knowing the code.

pradeepjain

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 <?php

function showForm($error=false){

$errors='';

if($error['surname']==TRUE){

$surname_class = "valid-error";

$errors.="<li>Error  in Surname</li>";

}

if($errors){

?>

<div id="errors">

<ul>

<?php echo $errors; ?>

The fields Marked Red have errors . Please correct them and submit again !

</ul>

</div>

<?php } 

?>

<form name="form1" id="form1" method="POST" action=<?php $_SERVER['php_self'] ?>>  

 <div class="field50Pct">

                    <div class="fieldItemLabel">

                            <label for="Surname">Surname:<span class="star">*</span></label>

                    </div>

                    <div class="fieldItemValue">

                <input type="text" id="surname" name="surname" value="<?php echo $_POST['surname'] ?>" class="<?php echo $surname_class ?>"/>

                    </div>

            </div>

<center>

<input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit">

<input type="reset" value="Reset" />

</center>

</form>

    </div>

<?php

}

if (!isset($_POST['submit'])) {
 
showForm();

} else {

$_POST    = snipExtras($_POST);

$error=array();

if(!validate_surname($_POST['surname'])) $error['surname']=true;
 
if($error){

showForm($error);

} else {

//process the form 

}

is the form

Dormilich

maybe you’re better off using an .ini file => parse_ini_file(). uses far less memory. then you should’ve got all labels in an array, where you can print from.

I’d do something like.

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 // found somewhere in my web project …

    /**

     * set the $lang property by looking for a "lang" attribute (URL).

     * read the appropriate language file.

     *

     * @return (void)

     */

    private function getLanguage()

    {

        # read language parameter from $_GET

        if (isset($_GET['lang']) and strlen($_GET['lang']) == 2)

        {

            $this->lang = $_GET['lang'];

        }
 
        # read language configuration

        $lang_conf = parse_ini_file(MYPHP_GB_DIR . 'lang/' . 'config.language.ini');
 
        $lang_file = MYPHP_GB_DIR . 'lang/';
 
        # select system language

        if (array_key_exists($this->lang, $lang_conf))

        {

            $lang_file .= $lang_conf[$this->lang];

        }

        else

        {

            $lang_file .= 'German.ini';

        }
 
        # read translation table

        $this->translation = parse_ini_file($lang_file);

    }

config.language.ini

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 ; register languages here like

; language_abbr = translation_file.ini
 
en = English.ini

de = German.ini

; etc.

pradeepjain

okie i understood the logic. how do i replace the labels in the form ? i could not get that!

Dormilich

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echo "<label>", $label['label_key'], "</label>";

pradeepjain

I got this working .Thanks a lot .
Can i know how to do the same with .xml file

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 <form name ='test' >

<?php

echo "<label>", $label['label_key'], "</label>";

?>

<input type='text' name='namevalue'>

<input type='submit' value='submit'>

</form>

say this is the form .How is the ini parser better than xml parser ? just for the knowledge sake.

Dormilich

reading XML files usually takes quite an amount of memory. you could use an XMLReader (nodewise XML processing), but then you’d need loops to generate the translation array.

you read .ini files with one function and then you have an array, ready to use.

IMO XML files are less efficient, when it comes to such data structures like a simple serialized array.

pradeepjain

can u just show me an example for xml .i did not get proper example to see it so asked !

Dormilich

post an XML to work with.

pradeepjain

Cant we use the html form and just pick up the labels from the .xml file ?

for example i just took this from a tutorial .

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<xforms>

<model>

<instance>

<person>

<fname/>

<lname/>

</person>

</instance>

<submission id="form1" method="get"

action="submit.asp"/>

</model>
 
<input ref="fname">

<label>First Name</label></input><br />
 
<input ref="lname">

<label>Last Name</label></input><br /><br />
 
<submit submission="form1">

<label>Submit</label></submit>
 
</xforms>

Dormilich

you are aware that XForms is something completely different?

pradeepjain

i am not much aware Xml thats the problem!so finding it difficult

Dormilich

basicly, XForms is a standard of forms. You can think of it as a replacement for HTML forms (actually, XForms require an XML document to "work" in).

XML as such is more of a data storage facility, with a lot of flexibility.

when you want your form labels in different human languages, that’s simply a servers task, to fill in the appropriate text somewhere. where it gets the required data (DB, JSON, CSV, .ini, XML, etc.), does not matter.

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