language converter in php

[rupam_jaiswal]

Hi,

I have to make a language (literal) converter in php from english to hindi.

i dont want the hindi translation of the word. just typing the same words in hindi

if i type 'baloon' in english, it will convert as it is into hindi ( बलून ) ्

I mean it only typing word 'baloon' in hindi using hindi letters rather than english.

any idea????

[hamza]

http://www.google.com/language_tools?hl=EN

 

probably this site will help you in making convert

[PHPTOM]

Couldn't you do something like this. I know it's an extremely bad way of doing it but I don't know any different.

<?PHP
$words = array(
'baloon' => 'बलून'
);
?>

Then you could say:

<?PHP
echo "The translation of 'baloon' is: ".$words['baloon'];
?>

[discomatt]

Yeah, you best bet is to have a list of hindi characters and a list of english characters in an array...

 

<?php

$eng = array( 'a', 'A', 'b', 'B', 'c', '... ect' );
$hin = array( 'hindi_a', 'hindi_A', '... ect' );

# then use

$converted = str_replace($eng, $hin, $text);

?>

 

I don't suggest doing this on the fly though. Do the conversion only when the data is modified, and store both versions in the db/file