Multilingual PHP script question

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Multilingual PHP script question

I have this PHP script. This is the only thing that really worked with me:

<?php
/*Check_if_user_has_changed_language: */
if(isset($lang)){/*If_so:*/
    setcookie("ling",$lang,time()-60*60*24*365,"/",".sayip.info",0);/*Wipe_previous_cookie*/
    setcookie("ling",$lang,time()+60*60*24*365,"/",".sayip.info",0);/*Whatever_the_means_lang_has_been_stored,_store_latest_lang_in_new_cookie:*/
    //echo "<script language=\"JavaScript\">alert('Selected language=$lang')</script>";/*UnComment_to_check*/
}else{/*If_user_has_NOT_changed_language:*/
    if(isset($_COOKIE['ling'])){/*Check_if_user-language_cookie_is_set._If_so:*/
        $lang=$_COOKIE['ling'];
        setcookie("ling",$lang,time()-60*60*24*365,"/",".sayip.info",0);/*Wipe_previous_cookie*/
        setcookie("ling",$lang,time()+60*60*24*365,"/",".sayip.info",0);
        //echo "<script language=\"JavaScript\">alert('Cookie language=$lang')</script>";/*UnComment_to_check*/
    }else{/*If_user-language_neither_selected_nor_in_cookie,_choose_browser_language:*/
        $lang = substr($_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE'],0,2);
        setcookie("ling",$lang,time()+60*60*24*365,"/",".sayip.info",0);
        //echo "<script language=\"JavaScript\">alert('Your browser language=$lang')</script>";/*UnComment_to_check*/
    }
}
?>

The code first detects the language of the user's browser. This is normal.

It then stores the information in a cookie. This is normal.

Well, everything is fine in this piece of code. I really need to create an option for language changing visitors. I was thinking something like related flags images, so when someone clicks on the flag it changes the language.

Can someone please explain me with an example, or even a clean, complete solution? My PHP skills are poor.

Thanks in advance.

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Sultani May 19 '09 at 17:38

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4 answers

Gumbo · Answer 1 · 2009-05-19T17:42:47+0000

I would put the selected language in the URL for example . This makes the chosen language transparent and easy to change.http://example.com/

en

/foo/bar

Sultani · Answer 2 · 2009-05-19T18:05:30+0000

I would bet if I knew how lol ... Since I got this script working after testing more or less 10 different scripts, they don't like to backtrack, just need an example of how to set flags and when someone clicks on a flag that changes the value of the cookie ...

arahaya · Answer 3 · 2009-05-19T20:45:28+0000

I'm not sure if I got your question right.

if you put a link for each language on your page make a link something like http://www.example.com/?lang=jp

then in the php code before the script you posted add

if (isset($_GET['lang'])) $lang = $_GET['lang'];

is this what you think?

Chris henry · Answer 4 · 2009-05-20T05:07:05+0000

A more elegant solution might be to check user titles. Most browsers will allow users to set their preferred language in preferences. This, in turn, sends an HTTP request with the request. The title looks like this.

Accept-Language: en-us, en; q = 0.8, ar-ly; q = 0.5, id; q = 0.3

The value is a comma-separated list of recognized languages, ordered by preference (q = x part is preferred). This way, you can automatically detect which language the user has chosen to view on the web and display it if you have one.

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