if language = en the, if language = f

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galaxyweb

I'm trying to set my php for a bilingual Drupal website.

Here is my code:

<?php
global $user;
if ( $user->uid ) {
print '<a href="'.base_path().'user/logout">Log out</a>';
print '<a href="'.base_path().'user/">My Account</a>';
}
else {
print '<a href="'.base_path().'user/login">Log in</a>';
print '<a href="'.base_path().'user/register">Create Account</a>';
}
?>

How can I set it up such as if language = en, then…., if language = fr, then…. ?

Your help would be really appreciated. I tried many things without success.

Dany !!!

NogDog

One way is to define an array of sentences/phrases, then reference it by language as needed. Simple case:

<?php
$i18n = array(
    'greeting' => array(
        'en' => 'Hello!',
        'fr' => 'Bonjour!'
    ),
    'name' => array(
        'en' => 'My name is NogDog.',
        'fr' => 'Je m\'appelle NogDog.'
    )
);

// later on...
$language = 'fr'; 

echo "<h1>{$i18n['greeting'][$language]}</h1>\n";
echo "<p>{$i18n['name'][$language]}</p>\n";

galaxyweb

Finally came up with this but it's still not working.

Anyone would know why (It's a Drupal website).

<?php
global $user;

$strings = array(
'en' => array(
'logout' => 'Logout',
'my-account' => 'My Account',
'login' => 'Log In',
'create-account' => 'Create Account'
),

'fr' => array(
	'logout' => 'Deconnexion',
	'my-account' => 'Mon Compte',
	'login' => 'Connexion',
	'create-account' => 'Creer un Compte'
)

);

$language = $user->lang;

if ( $user->uid ) {
print '<a href="'.base_path().'user/logout">'.$strings[$language]['logout'].'</a>';
print '<a href="'.base_path().'user/">'.$strings[$language]['my-account'].'</a>';
}else {
print '<a href="'.base_path().'user/login">'.$strings[$language]['login'].'</a>';
print '<a href="'.base_path().'user/register">'.$strings[$language]['create-account'].'</a>';
}

NogDog

Can you be more specific as to what you mean when you say it's not working?

I don't see anything obviously wrong, but I don't know the entire context, such as why you need to specify $user as global (is that a constraint with using Drupal?). You could turn on all error reporting for now while debugging, to see if that helps:

<?php
error_reporting(E_ALL);
ini_set('display_errors', true); // set this to false in live version

// ... rest of script ...

galaxyweb

Hi NogDob. First and foremost, I'd like to say thank you for your help.

You see, I'm learning php so I don't fully understand why I need (or not need) to put global $user. Right now I changed the code to that below and I can now see Log in Create Account. But switching to the French site doesn't translate the text (it remains Log in Create Account) .

Any idea why ? (I tried turning on the error reporting with no success unfortunately).

<?php

$strings = array(
'en' => array(
'logout' => 'Logout',
'my-account' => 'My Account',
'login' => 'Log In',
'create-account' => 'Create Account'
),

'fr' => array(
	'logout' => 'Deconnexion',
	'my-account' => 'Mon Compte',
	'login' => 'Connexion',
	'create-account' => 'Creer un Compte'
)

);

$language = $user->language;

Thanks for your help again !!!

galaxyweb

I actually just realized that it says Log out / My account (because I was logged in) Once I log out the text disappeared.

NogDog

Don't forget that you may need to refresh your browser or even clear its cache when switching between languages. If that's not the issue, then you need to inspect what the actual value of $language is to find out if maybe the problem is actually in how that is determined/set.