Approach to internationalization

[Hugh Oxford]

Can anyone recommend an approach to internationalization?

I am specifically concerned about the need to append an &lang=xx to
every internal link and URL. I really don't want to have to manually do
this if at all possible. Is there an approach anyone has taken to this
problem, perhaps some way of autogenerating the query string, or
avoiding it altogether.

If it helps I am using Smarty for this project.

[The Natural Philosopher]

Hugh Oxford wrote:

Can anyone recommend an approach to internationalization?

Make them learn English?

>
I am specifically concerned about the need to append an &lang=xx to
every internal link and URL. I really don't want to have to manually do
this if at all possible. Is there an approach anyone has taken to this
problem, perhaps some way of autogenerating the query string, or
avoiding it altogether.

Sessions would allow you to invisbly carry a language variable..

>
If it helps I am using Smarty for this project.

[Richard]

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Hugh Oxford wrote:

>Can anyone recommend an approach to internationalization?

Make them learn English?

.... because it is your internet after all?

I hope you didnt realise what you wrote here, and meant it as a joke.
Even then I dont find it very funny...

Richard.

[Rik Wasmus]

On Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:26:48 +0100, Hugh Oxford <ar*****@fas.comwrote:

Can anyone recommend an approach to internationalization?

I am specifically concerned about the need to append an &lang=xx to
every internal link and URL. I really don't want to have to manually do
this if at all possible. Is there an approach anyone has taken to this
problem, perhaps some way of autogenerating the query string, or
avoiding it altogether.

I usually have pseudo URL's like:
example.eu/en/rest/of/path/
example.eu/de/rest/of/path/
example.eu/nl/rest/of/path/
example.eu/fr/rest/of/path/
... which will be examined by PHP itself. Requires a 'single point of
entry' system though, or use Apache mod_rewrite to alter it into a GET
variable.

Somewhat dirty, but a function which can make live easier, is this:
http://nl2.php.net/manual/en/functio...ewrite-var.php

Storing them in sessions as suggested is something I do, but don't rely
on. My sessions are not transparant, and I'd hate to have cookies being
required for 'open' pages (or inaccessable for searchbots for example).
--
Rik Wasmus