i18n

ff provides some means to facilitate i18n of websites or projects.

i18n with ffI18n

If you need to provide text in various languages (for ui elements or pre-written content), you can use ff's ffI18n class and functionality.

To use predefined multilingual strings in your application, create a folder system/myPlugin/i18n and place a xml-file in it (all files with the ending .xml will be read).

The system uses the same syntax as the one that is used in .metadata.ff files in content folders:

File buttons.xml

<folder>
    <babel version="1.0">
        <en_US>
            <submit><![CDATA[submit]]></submit>
            <cancel><![CDATA[cancel]]></cancel>
        </en_US>
        <de_DE>
            <submit><![CDATA[absenden]]></submit>
            <cancel><![CDATA[abbrechen]]></cancel>
        </de_DE>
        <it_IT>
            <submit><![CDATA[invia]]></submit>
            <cancel><![CDATA[cancella]]></cancel>
        </it_IT>
    </babel>
</folder>

You can now access the translated string for "submit" from within ff using ffI18n::get("submit").

25 April 2024