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kudesign

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64 Posts

How to register Locale Values in i18n::get_common_locales()

6 August 2009 at 11:49pm

v2.3.2 still trying to figure out a way to show available translation on the template of my page.
Been following this doc : http://doc.silverstripe.com/doku.php?id=multilingualcontent&s=get%20common%20locales
Under the code for Template, the doc mentioned: "Keep in mind that this will only show you available translations for the current page. The $Locale.Nice casting will just work if your locale value is registered in i18n::get_common_locales(). "
Now, I got stuck on how you can register the locale value in i18n::get_common_locales()
I did manage to find the file named"DBLocale.php, and this is what it has in it
<?php
/**
* Locale database field, mainly used in {@link Translatable} extension.
*
* @todo Allowing showing locale values in different languages through Nice()
*
* @package sapphire
* @subpackage i18n
*/
class DBLocale extends Varchar {

   function __construct($name, $size = 16) {
      parent::__construct($name, $size);
   }
   function Nice() {
      return $this->getShortName();
   }

   function RFC1766() {
      return i18n::convert_rfc1766($this->value);
   }

   function getShortName() {
      $common_names = i18n::get_common_locales();
      return (isset($common_names[$this->value])) ? $common_names[$this->value] : false;
   }

   function getLongName() {
      return i18n::get_locale_name($this->value);
   }
}
?>

Now, does anyone know how I can register the locales for this? Please help! Thank you!
Juanitou

Community Member
321 Posts

Re: How to register Locale Values in i18n::get_common_locales()

7 August 2009 at 3:43am

Hi!
Take a look to one of my _config.php files as example:
/* Multilingual content */
/********************/
// Enable Translatable
Object::add_extension('SiteTree', 'Translatable');
Translatable::set_default_locale('fr_FR'); // This defines Translatable::current_lang() in Page.php
// i18n
i18n::enable();
// Define allowed locales overriding those present in i18n::$common_locales
global $allowed_locales;
$allowed_locales = array(
      'fr_FR' => array('French', 'français'),
      'en_GB' => array('English', 'English'),
      'es_ES' => array('Spanish', 'español')
   );
i18n::$common_locales = $allowed_locales;
// Define defaults
i18n::set_locale('fr_FR');
setlocale(LC_ALL, 'fr_FR', 'fr_FR.UTF8', 'french'); // Needed for dates

Hope it helps,
Juan
kudesign

Community Member
64 Posts

Re: How to register Locale Values in i18n::get_common_locales()

9 August 2009 at 10:42pm Last edited: 9 August 2009 10:42pm

Awesome!! Your example worked for me!! Thank you very very much!! This example should go into the SS doc about multi-lingual contents.
So to SS tech reading this topic, please add this example in for future reference!
joelg

Community Member
125 Posts

Re: How to register Locale Values in i18n::get_common_locales()

21 August 2009 at 9:23am

Hi Juanito & Kudesign
This did the job for me to, but yes, the example should be placed in the SS doc.
Anyway, thanks.
Joel
Ingo

Forum Moderator
787 Posts

Re: How to register Locale Values in i18n::get_common_locales()

23 August 2009 at 12:42pm

Hi there, I've added a short recipe for this in the documentation: http://doc.silverstripe.com/doku.php?id=multilingualcontent#add_new_locales
yurigoul

Community Member
200 Posts

Re: How to register Locale Values in i18n::get_common_locales()

15 December 2009 at 6:44am

setlocale(LC_ALL, 'fr_FR', 'fr_FR.UTF8', 'french'); // Needed for dates

This code sets the date format for all languages. This would be very problematic when working with - lets say - German (dd.mm.yyyy) and American English (mm/dd/yyyy). Add Dutch (dd-mm-yyyy) to the mix and you have yourself a nice party, and then we are not even talking about numbers...
My question: LC_ALL and setlocale: I can not find any data on this in the docs, I want to find out how to set dates for different languages. Anyone knows more about this or has any pointers?
TIA
Lukin

Community Member
41 Posts

Re: How to register Locale Values in i18n::get_common_locales()

21 October 2010 at 9:55pm

hey!
has anybody figured out how to handle the lc_all story?
I need to switch form german to english date (same format but, with ger/en month names) when switching language on m site
I put setlocale (LC_ALL, 'de_DE@euro', 'de_DE.UTF-8', 'de_DE', 'de', 'ge'); into my language-file
but didn't work.
It would be possible to put it into the _config file but there seems to be no informatino about the current locale, so you can't
manage the setlocale values with an if-clause or somethin...
I wonder why it's so hard to find information about that point. It has to be important for many users....
banal

Community Member
901 Posts

Re: How to register Locale Values in i18n::get_common_locales()

22 October 2010 at 1:11am

I've had issues with date formatting and LC_ALL. Therefore I used LC_TIME directly and it worked fine. E.g.
setlocale(LC_TIME, 'de_DE', 'de_DE.UTF8', 'German', 'de-DE');

To switch the locale used for dates, depending on the current site-translation, I suggest you do the following in your Page_Controller init method:
// set the current locale based on the current translation language
i18n::set_locale(Translatable::get_current_locale());
switch(Translatable::get_current_locale()){
   case 'de_DE':
      setlocale(LC_TIME, 'de_DE', 'de_DE.UTF8', 'German', 'de-DE');
      break;
   case 'en_US':
      setlocale(LC_TIME, 'en_US', 'en_US.UTF8', 'English', 'en-US');
      break;
}