PHP Localization

Information about how Transifex handles the PHP (.php) file format.

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PHP Arrays

File Extension(s)

.php

i18n type(s)

PHP_ARRAY

Sample data

<?php
$LANG = array(
"january" => "enero",
"february" => "febrero",
"march" => "marzo",
"april" => "abril",
"may" => "mayo",
"june" => "junio",
"july" => "julio",
"august" => "agosto",
"september" => "septiembre",
"october" => "octubre",
"november" => "noviembre",
"december" => "diciembre"
);>


Handling Variables in PHP Arrays

Our PHP parser is only responsible for detecting and extracting strings from a PHP Array. If variables are included, then they must be handled in the manner explained by the following example:

FOOTER_COPY1" => "© .date("Y") MY CORPORATION LTD. All Rights Reserved.​

The function date needs to be replaced in the PHP file with variables as seen below:

<?php
$thisyear = date("Y");
return array(
"FOOTER_COPY1" => "© {$thisyear} MY CORPORATION LTD. All rights reserved."​


PHP Alternative Array

File Extension(s)

.php

i18n type(s)

PHP_ALT_ARRAY

Sample data

<?php

$LANG[&#39;_MONDAY&#39;] = "Monday";
$LANG["_TUESDAY"] = &#39;Tuesday&#39;;

/**This is a multiline
* comment***/
$LANG["_WEDNESDAY"] = &#39;&#39;;

$LANG["_Thursday"] = "Thursday";

?>


PHP DEFINE statements

File Extension(s)

.php

i18n type(s)

PHP_DEFINE

Sample data

<?php
DEFINE("january", "enero");
DEFINE("february", "febrero");
DEFINE("march", "marzo");
DEFINE("april", "abril");
DEFINE("may", "mayo");
DEFINE("june", "junio");
DEFINE("july", "julio");
DEFINE("august", "agosto");
DEFINE("september", "septiembre");
DEFINE("october", "octubre");
DEFINE("november", "noviembre");
DEFINE("december", "diciembre");
?>


Default placeholders

These are the default placeholders that you could have in your file, and they will be recognized :

match: ['%1$s', '%(key1)s', '%s', '%d', '%.2f', '%-5d', '%+2d'] 


Download options

  • When you download a PHP file following any of the formats mentioned in this article for use in a particular language, all empty translations are replaced by translations in the source language.

  • When you download the file for translation, it only contains the translations in that language.

  • When you download the file for review, it only includes the reviewed translations.


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