• From: Taipei
  • Registered: 2006-03-20
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Topic: Will extensions be multilingual?

I've checked some extensions of 1.3 Beta, and checked those codes inside files. Unfortunately, I found those extensions don't include multilingual sentences except English ones. Will this problem be solved in the future?

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  • From: Leuven, Belgium
  • Registered: 2005-06-14
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Re: Will extensions be multilingual?

If the developer chooses to do so, they will be.

  • From: Tilburg, Netherlands
  • Registered: 2006-02-04
  • Posts: 322

Re: Will extensions be multilingual?

And if they do they have to put in something like this:

if ( file_exists ( 'extensions/gallery/lang/'.$pun_user['language'].'/gallery.php' ) ) {
  require PUN_ROOT.'extensions/gallery/lang/'.$pun_user['language'].'/gallery.php';
} else {
  require PUN_ROOT.'extensions/gallery/lang/English/gallery.php';
}

Otherwise the extension will not work hmm

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4 Reply by intedinmamma (edited by intedinmamma 2008-02-17 12:18)

  • From: They call it Tvärred
  • Registered: 2007-09-15
  • Posts: 89

Re: Will extensions be multilingual?

One solution is the one I came up with for Publish Topics:

if (!isset($lang_topic['Unpublish']))
        $lang_topic['Unpublish'] = 'Unpublish';

Doing it that way makes it possible to put translations in extensions. If someone makes a system for automatically keeping extensions updated then it won't be very hard to "push" translations of extensions.

  • Smartys
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Re: Will extensions be multilingual?

The way kierownik suggested is the way I would suggest extension authors allow for localization.

  • Gizzmo
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  • From: Earth, Milkyway Galaxy
  • Registered: 2004-01-27
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Re: Will extensions be multilingual?

similar to what kierownik said, with my extentions i added to the hook "co_common" (seems to be the first one found)

if (file_exists(PUN_ROOT.'extensions/<extension>/lang_'.$pun_user['language'].'.php'))
    require PUN_ROOT.'extensions/<extension>/lang_'.$pun_user['language'].'.php';
else
    require PUN_ROOT.'extensions/<extension>/lang_English.php';

also in the install block i add this

if (!file_exists(PUN_ROOT.'extensions/<extension>/lang_'.$pun_user['language'].'.php'))
    $notices[] = 'This Extension does not support your current language and will use the english one.';

replacing <extension> with your extension name of corse
With this scheme you don't have multiple folders with one file in them

  • From: Tilburg, Netherlands
  • Registered: 2006-02-04
  • Posts: 322

Re: Will extensions be multilingual?

That is smart Gizzmo, thanks for sharing smile

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