I would not consider a DB-based design. I use two approaches (sometimes mixed):
1. Write content in XML files (one per language) and transform them with XSLT. This is nice for mostly content-based sites. 2. Write the complete application in English and translate it with the excellent PHP gettext() extension. Makes it fast, efficient and very cheap to maintain. A better option for web applications. In any case the user's language must be stored in a session variable. HTH Ignatius _________________________ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Hewins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 18:50 Subject: [PHP-DB] multi-language site > Forgive me if this is pedestrian or has been covered before. I'm new > to the list and I haven't used PHP too much (yet). > > Here's my question: > > I'm looking to use PHP for an upcoming site project where the site > needs to be in either English or Spanish. Would PHP be a good approach? > I was envisioning having a database with every text bit and image with > text in it in two columns, one for English, and one for Spanish. Then > each web page would reference some kind of global variable (a cookie?) > to determine whether to pull the images and text from the English > column or the Spanish column. Does this sound like a good approach? Is > PHP capable of something like this? > > Thanks for any help or suggestions you can give. > > Dan Hewins > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
