Selecting a Language / files

[MrK]

I have a script which is english, but i need this script to show both english and german.

 

the english language already has a language file ( english.php ), so i am going to translate all the english wording to german ( german.php )

 

so my question is how can i select the language file, i am going to let the user select the language via a drop down box

 

<OPTION VALUE="English">English</OPTION>

<OPTION VALUE="German">German</OPTION>

<OPTION VALUE="French">French</OPTION>

 

etc etc , so if the user selects the option it will change to the selected language.

 

but how ?

 

Thanks MrK

[roopurt18]

You create string lookup tables.  A simple example.

<?php
  $en = Array();
  $en["HI"] = "Hello";
  $en["BYE"] = "Goodbye";

  $sp = Array();
  $sp["HI"] = "Hola";
  $sp["BYE"] = "Adios";

  // You would set the following var based on their selection from the dropdown
  $lang = $sp; // OR $lang = $en;

  echo $lang["HI"] . "<br>";
  echo $lang["BYE"] . "<br>";
?>

[MrK]

thanks, so if i create one single language file language.php and place all languages in that file , the language that is selected will be visible ?  so no need create separate language files ?

 

just out of interest is there a way using separate files as these files will be translated by individuals that speak the required language

 

thanks for the help

 

mrk