multi-language website.

[phorcon3]

hi,

 

i'd just like to know if that's a really stupid idea what i'm trying to do..

 

so, ive been tryin to come up with a somewhat decent concept for a multi-language website ...but i still think its crap.

 

i don't wanna do the mysql database thingy ..pullin all the data from my database is sure gonna mess up my servers performance, so i dun really wanna do that. it would only work if i had just a few phrases ..but i have entire sites i need translated ...static text

 

problem is, i dun have templates (is that actually bad? would templates be more efficient? but i dunno how long it would take me to integrate smarty on my website ..for ..300 somewhat files ..probably a year) anyways ..if i had templates ..i could just link to different tpl-folders, such as

 

root/tpl/en/

root/tpl/de/

root/tpl/es/

 

or whatever..

 

anyway, that probably woulda been the easiest way to do it.. so, what i might try to do is..

 

like... i dunno maybe create subdomains? or have just regular urls, such as

 

http://www.domain.com -> english

http://www.domain.com/de/index.php -> german

 

instead of the subdomains, which of course would be

 

http://de.domain.com/index.php

 

i dont know how secure subdomains would be.

 

so, anyway, heres my idea, and i gotta know if thats stupid and totally unefficient

 

i copy ALL files, and put them in the root/de/ folder ...and just translate all those files (containing both, code & design)

 

i mean there are 300 files, maybe ..but they only have a total of 2MB anyways.. but id just like to know if copying all of em, and translating em into a different language is just retarded or not.

 

reference:

i mean i dont know how youtube is doing it ..but when u link to a different site (ie: espana) ..they have subdomains for it (http://es.youtube.com). and i just wonder

 

- do they use templates? and did they just translate those?

- or are they using various text files?

- or maybe they are usin database storage?

- or did they do the same thing im trying to do. copy all files and translate those and put em in a different folder?

 

i hope this makes sense, and it probably doesnt. i just dun know how to explain it better. lol but i really need this. ive been trying all day to come up with something that would be efficient and not mess up my servers performance. and i think i grew a brain tumor by doing so.

 

and i dont mean to spam. but ive seriously searched the entire forum and havent really found anything. and google. nothing. absolutely nothing. ive found this site http://www.stylusinc.com/website/multilanguage_support.htm ..and is the third method, the same i try to do here? i mean, it says microsoft is usin that method lol. dont know if thats true or not, but if it is, im sure theres a good reason for it why they do it that way.

 

i hope someone reads this lol.

[maxudaskin]

I think the best thing to do would be something like this...

 

<?php
/* en.php */
$string1 = 'Hello Earth';
$string2 = 'I love you';
?>

 

<?php
/* fr.php */
$string1 = 'Bonjour terre';
$string2 = 'J'aime tu.';
?>

 

<?php
echo $string1;
echo '<br /><br />';
echo $string2;
?>

[maxudaskin]

Sorry.. I meaned to put:

 

<?php
/* en.php */
$string1 = 'Hello Earth';
$string2 = 'I love you';
?>

 

<?php
/* fr.php */
$string1 = 'Bonjour terre';
$string2 = "J'aime tu.";
?>

 

<?php
/* index.php */
$lang = $_GET['lang'];
if($lang = 'en'){
include("langs/en.php");
}elseif($lang = 'fr'){
include("langs/fr.php")
}else{
die("Language Not Found");
}
echo $string1;
echo '<br /><br />';
echo $string2;
?>