The GetText extension may not be available on the hosting service. Also it will not help you much with translation of URLs or BD records. So my suggestion is you work with a more complete translation system that can be deployed to any PHP site without dependency on the GetText extension. This solution involves 3 parts:
Static text translation
It involves the translation of the fixed texts of your site, which are codified directly in the HTML (that is, those texts that are not retrieved from a database). For this text create translation files and a function that maps this to you. Record the user's language somewhere (session or cookie) so that you can know his preference and which mapping to use:
en_us.php
<?php
return array(
'A Empresa'=>'The Company',
'Contato'=> 'Contact',
...
);
translator.php
<?php
function _($text)
{
session_start();
// Exemplo recuperando o idioma da sessao.
$lang = isset($_SESSION['lang'])?$_SESSION['lang']:'';
if (!empty($lang))
{
// Carrega o array de mapeamento de textos.
$mapping = require_once $lang.'.php';
return isset($mapping[$text])?$mapping[$text]:$text;
}
return $text;
}
example-of-use.php
<?php
require_once 'translator.php';
session_start();
// Apenas para teste. O idioma deve ser
// escolhido pelo usuário.
$_SESSION['lang'] = 'en_us';
echo _('Contato');
Translation of dynamic (database) texts
Create an additional column in each table, which specifies the language of the record.
For example, a news table could be:
id titulo texto data **idioma_id**
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 Noticia de teste Apenas uma noticia 2014-05-16 1
2 Test new Just a new 2014-05-16 2
When looking at the records, bring only those of the desired language:
SELECT * FROM noticia WHERE idioma_id = 2;
URL Translation
Involves translation of site URLs. For this to work you need to use a single login script for your site. Through an .htaccess file you can do this by redirecting any access to an index.php file. After redirecting, you can use a URL mapping, just like for static text:
.htaccess
RewriteEngine on
# Nao aplica o redirecionamento caso
# o que esteja sendo acessado seja um arquivo ou pasta.
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
# Redireciona para o arquivo index.php
RewriteRule . index.php
en_us_routes.php
<?php
return array(
'the-company'=>'a_empresa.php',
'contact'=> 'contato.php',
...
);
index.php
// Remove da URL a pasta da aplicacao,
// deixando apenas os parametros.
$aux = str_replace('index.php', '', $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']);
$parameters = str_replace($aux, '', $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);
// Recupera as partes da URL.
// Se você acessar http://meusite.com.br/empresa
// $urlParts será:
// array('empresa')
//
// Se você acessar http://meusite.com.br/contato
// $urlParts será:
// array('contato')
$urlParts = explode('/', $parameters);
// Para simplificar, aqui trata uma URL com
// apenas uma parte. Mas você pode generalizar para urls
// com suburls também (Ex: "empresa/onde-estamos").
$url = $urlParts[0];
// Apenas para teste. O idioma pode estar
// associado ao perfil do usuário e ser setado
// na sessão no login.
$_SESSION['lang'] = 'en_us';
// Carrega o array de mapeamento de URLs.
$mappingFileName = $_SESSION['lang'].'_routes.php';
$mapping = require_once $mappingFileName ;
if (isset($mapping[$url]))
{
require_once $mapping[$url];
}
else
{
require_once 'erro_404.php';
}
The cited codes are just examples to pass the idea (not tested).
