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Specify the character encoding in which the messages from the DOMAIN message catalog will be returned
(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5)
Code Examples / Notes » bind_textdomain_codesetjon
So, by using this function and by setting the LANGUAGE variable, you should be able to have a functioning i18n system that is not dependent upon a system's locale installation. Here is a sample from a method I created for a language class. Look for it on http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Developer soon: function Init () { // set the LANGUAGE environmental variable // This one for some reason makes a difference FU@#$%^&*!CK // and when combined with bind_textdomain_codeset allows one // to set locale independent of server locale setup!!! if ( false == putenv("LANGUAGE=" . $this->_language ) ) CCDebug::Log(sprintf("Could not set the ENV variable LANGUAGE = %s", $this->_language)); // set the LANG environmental variable if ( false == putenv("LANG=" . $this->_language ) ) CCDebug::Log(sprintf("Could not set the ENV variable LANG = %s", $this->_language)); // if locales are not installed in locale folder, they will not // get set! This is usually in /usr/lib/locale // Also, the backup language should always be the default language // because of this...see the NOTE in the class description // Try first what we want but with the .utf8, which is what the locale // setting on most systems want (and is most compatible // Then just try the standard lang encoding asked for, and then if // all else fails, just try the default language // LC_ALL is said to be used, but it has nasty usage in some languages // in swapping commas and periods! Thus try LC_MESSAGE if on one of // those systems. // It is supposedly not defined on WINDOWS, so am including it here // for possible uncommenting if a problem is shown // // if (!defined('LC_MESSAGES')) define('LC_MESSAGES', 6); // yes, setlocale is case-sensitive...arg $locale_set = setlocale(LC_ALL, $this->_language . ".utf8", $this->_language . ".UTF8", $this->_language . ".utf-8", $this->_language . ".UTF-8", $this->_language, CC_LANG); // if we don't get the setting we want, make sure to complain! if ( ( $locale_set != $this->_language && CC_LANG == $locale_set) || empty($locale_set) ) { CCDebug::Log( sprintf("Tried: setlocale to '%s', but could only set to '%s'.", $this->_language, $locale_set) ); } $bindtextdomain_set = bindtextdomain($this->_domain, CC_LANG_LOCALE . "/" . $this->_locale_pref ); if ( empty($bindtextdomain_set) ) CCDebug::Log( sprintf("Tried: bindtextdomain, '%s', to directory, '%s', " . "but received '%s'", $this->_domain, CC_LANG_LOCALE . "/" . $this->_locale_pref, $bindtextdomain_set) ); bind_textdomain_codeset($this->_domain, "UTF-8"); $textdomain_set = textdomain($this->_domain); if ( empty($textdomain_set) ) CCDebug::Log(sprintf("Tried: set textdomain to '%s', but got '%s'", $this->_domain, $textdomain_set)); } // end of method Init () przemekkus
I had problems with German "umlauts" when using gettext. So, this is how it can be resolved: I've put these lines itom my PHP code: $domain = "messages"; bindtextdomain($domain, "path_to_messages_dir"); bind_textdomain_codeset($domain, 'ISO-8859-15'); textdomain($domain); It works! duckx
First the the url of the gettext manual changed: http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/ Secondly, lets explain a little bit what this fonction does. By default, gettext will use the LC_CTYPE of the language you choose (for example fr_FR). This LC_CTYPE is extracted from your locales.alias file in your configuration dir (Should be /etc/locales.alias). By default, the encoding is frequently iso-8859-1. So if you want to make your site utf-8 aware, you need to bind your domain with the right encoding. Here is a sample: <?php $locale="fr_FR.UTF-8" setlocale(LC_MESSAGES, $locale); $domain = 'your_text_domain'; bindtextdomain($domain, './translations_path'); textdomain($domain); bind_textdomain_codeset($domain, 'UTF-8'); ?> As quoted in other notes, the translations path should be like /translations_path /de_DE/ /LC_MESSAGES /fr_FR/ /LC_MESSAGES ... Your translation goes in the LC_MESSAGES dirs ... Hopes this helps :) |
