[geeklog-devel] Fwd: locales

[Heather Engineering]

I posted this a while ago but there was no reaction.
I wonder if anyone thinks this is a good idea? Any comments?

I'm working on a site for a client that needs to set content  
according to locale. For now, I just added the $LANG_LOCALE string to  
each language file.

Another alternative might be that the multilanguage array setting in  
config.php could be changed to use locale, not just language, as the  
array key:

$_CONF['language_files'] = array (
     'en' => 'english_utf-8',
     'ja' => 'japanese_utf-8'
);

change to

$_CONF['language_files'] = array (
     'en_GB' => 'english_utf-8',
     'ja_JP' => 'japanese_utf-8'
);

I think that once you start working with several languages you come  
to realise the importance of having locale settings available. I  
think this is a necessary modification.

Cheers,

Euan.




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> From: Heather Engineering <info at heatherengineering.com>

> Date: 2007年6月15日 0:10:51:JST

> To: Geeklog Development <geeklog-devel at lists.geeklog.net>

> Subject: locales

>

> I'd like to request that the locale is added to each language file  

> next to the charset next time translations are updated:

>

> $LANG_CHARSET = 'utf-8';

> $LANG_LOCALE  = 'en_GB';

>

> unless there is some other way of working out the locale that I'm  

> missing? I know I could do it from the filename, but that seems a  

> little long winded to me and I think that the locale should be  

> available. The following array might also be useful if added to the  

> language files.

>

> For good measure, I've added an array of countries in English in  

> case anyone wants. This would also be useful in the language files.

>

> Euan.

>

>



>

> // partial list of locales

>

> $LANG_LOCALES = array (

>     'af_ZA' => 'Afrikaans (South Africa)',

>     'ca_ES' => 'Catalan (Spain)',

>     'cs_CZ' => 'Czech (Czech Republic)',

>     'da_DK' => 'Danish (Denmark)',

>     'de_CH' => 'German (Switzerland)',

>     'de_DE' => 'German (Germany)',

>     'el_GR' => 'Greek (Greece)',

>     'en_GB' => 'English (UK)',

>     'en_US' => 'English (USA)',

>     'es_ES' => 'Spanish (Spain)',

>     'fi_FI' => 'Finnish (Finland)',

>     'fr_BE' => 'French (Belgium)',

>     'fr_CA' => 'French (Canada)',

>     'fr_CH' => 'French (Switzerland)',

>     'fr_FR' => 'French (France)',

>     'he_IL' => 'Hebrew (Israel)',

>     'hu_HU' => 'Hungarian (Hungary)',

>     'is_IS' => 'Islandic (Iceland)',

>     'it_IT' => 'Italian (Italy)',

>     'ja_JP' => 'Japanese (Japan)',

>     'ko_KR' => 'Korean (Korea)',

>     'lt_LT' => 'Lithuanian (Lithuania)',

>     'nl_NL' => 'Dutch (the Netherlands)',

>     'no_NO' => 'Norwegian (Norway)',

>     'pl_PL' => 'Polish (Poland)',

>     'pt_PT' => 'Portuguese (Portugal)',

>     'ru_RU' => 'Russian (Russia)',

>     'sk_SK' => 'Slovak (Slovakia)',

>     'sl_SI' => 'Slovenian (Slovenia)',

>     'sv_SE' => 'Swedish (Sweden)',

>     'th_TH' => 'Thai (Thailand)',

>     'tr_TR' => 'Turkish (Turkey)',

>     'zh_CN' => 'Chinese (Simplified)',

>     'zh_HK' => 'Chinese (Hong Kong)',

>     'zh_TW' => 'Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan)'

> );

>

> // complete list of countries

>

> $LANG_COUNTRIES = array (

>     'af' => 'Afghanistan',

>     'al' => 'Albania',

>     'dz' => 'Algeria',

>     'as' => 'American Samoa',

>     'ad' => 'Andorra',

>     'ao' => 'Angola',

>     'ai' => 'Anguilla',

>     'aq' => 'Antarctica',

>     'ag' => 'Antigua and Barbuda',

>     'ar' => 'Argentina',

>     'am' => 'Armenia',

>     'aw' => 'Aruba',

>     'au' => 'Australia',

>     'at' => 'Austria',

>     'az' => 'Azerbaidjan',

>     'bs' => 'Bahamas',

>     'bh' => 'Bahrain',

>     'bd' => 'Bangladesh',

>     'bb' => 'Barbados',

>     'by' => 'Belarus',

>     'be' => 'Belgium',

>     'bz' => 'Belize',

>     'bj' => 'Benin',

>     'bm' => 'Bermuda',

>     'bt' => 'Bhutan',

>     'bo' => 'Bolivia',

>     'ba' => 'Bosnia-Herzegovina',

>     'bw' => 'Botswana',

>     'bv' => 'Bouvet Island',

>     'br' => 'Brazil',

>     'io' => 'British Indian Ocean Territory',

>     'bn' => 'Brunei Darussalam',

>     'bg' => 'Bulgaria',

>     'bf' => 'Burkina Faso',

>     'bi' => 'Burundi',

>     'kh' => 'Cambodia',

>     'cm' => 'Cameroon',

>     'ca' => 'Canada',

>     'cv' => 'Cape Verde',

>     'ky' => 'Cayman Islands',

>     'cf' => 'Central African Republic',

>     'td' => 'Chad',

>     'cl' => 'Chile',

>     'cn' => 'China',

>     'cx' => 'Christmas Island',

>     'cc' => 'Cocos (Keeling) Islands',

>     'co' => 'Colombia',

>     'km' => 'Comoros',

>     'cg' => 'Congo',

>     'ck' => 'Cook Islands',

>     'cr' => 'Costa Rica',

>     'hr' => 'Croatia',

>     'cu' => 'Cuba',

>     'cy' => 'Cyprus',

>     'cz' => 'Czech Republic',

>     'dk' => 'Denmark',

>     'dj' => 'Djibouti',

>     'dm' => 'Dominica',

>     'do' => 'Dominican Republic',

>     'tp' => 'East Timor',

>     'ec' => 'Ecuador',

>     'eg' => 'Egypt',

>     'sv' => 'El Salvador',

>     'gq' => 'Equatorial Guinea',

>     'er' => 'Eritrea',

>     'ee' => 'Estonia',

>     'et' => 'Ethiopia',

>     'fk' => 'Falkland Islands',

>     'fo' => 'Faroe Islands',

>     'fj' => 'Fiji',

>     'fi' => 'Finland',

>     'cs' => 'Former Czechoslovakia',

>     'su' => 'Former USSR',

>     'fr' => 'France',

>     'fx' => 'France (European Territory)',

>     'gf' => 'French Guyana',

>     'tf' => 'French Southern Territories',

>     'ga' => 'Gabon',

>     'gm' => 'Gambia',

>     'ge' => 'Georgia',

>     'de' => 'Germany',

>     'gh' => 'Ghana',

>     'gi' => 'Gibraltar',

>     'gb' => 'Great Britain',

>     'gr' => 'Greece',

>     'gl' => 'Greenland',

>     'gd' => 'Grenada',

>     'gp' => 'Guadeloupe (French)',

>     'gu' => 'Guam (USA)',

>     'gt' => 'Guatemala',

>     'gn' => 'Guinea',

>     'gw' => 'Guinea Bissau',

>     'gy' => 'Guyana',

>     'ht' => 'Haiti',

>     'hm' => 'Heard and McDonald Islands',

>     'hn' => 'Honduras',

>     'hk' => 'Hong Kong',

>     'hu' => 'Hungary',

>     'is' => 'Iceland',

>     'in' => 'India',

>     'id' => 'Indonesia',

>     'ir' => 'Iran',

>     'iq' => 'Iraq',

>     'ie' => 'Ireland',

>     'il' => 'Israel',

>     'it' => 'Italy',

>     'ci' => 'Ivory Coast (Cote D\'Ivoire)',

>     'jm' => 'Jamaica',

>     'jp' => 'Japan',

>     'jo' => 'Jordan',

>     'kz' => 'Kazakhstan',

>     'ke' => 'Kenya',

>     'ki' => 'Kiribati',

>     'kw' => 'Kuwait',

>     'kg' => 'Kyrgyzstan',

>     'la' => 'Laos',

>     'lv' => 'Latvia',

>     'lb' => 'Lebanon',

>     'ls' => 'Lesotho',

>     'lr' => 'Liberia',

>     'ly' => 'Libya',

>     'li' => 'Liechtenstein',

>     'lt' => 'Lithuania',

>     'lu' => 'Luxembourg',

>     'mo' => 'Macau',

>     'mk' => 'Macedonia',

>     'mg' => 'Madagascar',

>     'mw' => 'Malawi',

>     'my' => 'Malaysia',

>     'mv' => 'Maldives',

>     'ml' => 'Mali',

>     'mt' => 'Malta',

>     'mh' => 'Marshall Islands',

>     'mq' => 'Martinique (French)',

>     'mr' => 'Mauritania',

>     'mu' => 'Mauritius',

>     'yt' => 'Mayotte',

>     'mx' => 'Mexico',

>     'fm' => 'Micronesia',

>     'md' => 'Moldavia',

>     'mc' => 'Monaco',

>     'mn' => 'Mongolia',

>     'ms' => 'Montserrat',

>     'ma' => 'Morocco',

>     'mz' => 'Mozambique',

>     'mm' => 'Myanmar',

>     'na' => 'Namibia',

>     'nr' => 'Nauru',

>     'np' => 'Nepal',

>     'nl' => 'Netherlands',

>     'an' => 'Netherlands Antilles',

>     'nt' => 'Neutral Zone',

>     'nc' => 'New Caledonia (French)',

>     'nz' => 'New Zealand',

>     'ni' => 'Nicaragua',

>     'ne' => 'Niger',

>     'ng' => 'Nigeria',

>     'nu' => 'Niue',

>     'nf' => 'Norfolk Island',

>     'kp' => 'North Korea',

>     'mp' => 'Northern Mariana Islands',

>     'no' => 'Norway',

>     'om' => 'Oman',

>     'pk' => 'Pakistan',

>     'pw' => 'Palau',

>     'pa' => 'Panama',

>     'pg' => 'Papua New Guinea',

>     'py' => 'Paraguay',

>     'pe' => 'Peru',

>     'ph' => 'Philippines',

>     'pn' => 'Pitcairn Island',

>     'pl' => 'Poland',

>     'pf' => 'Polynesia (French)',

>     'pt' => 'Portugal',

>     'pr' => 'Puerto Rico',

>     'qa' => 'Qatar',

>     're' => 'Reunion (French)',

>     'ro' => 'Romania',

>     'ru' => 'Russian Federation',

>     'rw' => 'Rwanda',

>     'gs' => 'S. Georgia & S. Sandwich Isls.',

>     'sh' => 'Saint Helena',

>     'kn' => 'Saint Kitts & Nevis Anguilla',

>     'lc' => 'Saint Lucia',

>     'pm' => 'Saint Pierre and Miquelon',

>     'st' => 'Saint Tome (Sao Tome) and Principe',

>     'vc' => 'Saint Vincent & Grenadines',

>     'ws' => 'Samoa',

>     'sm' => 'San Marino',

>     'sa' => 'Saudi Arabia',

>     'sn' => 'Senegal',

>     'sc' => 'Seychelles',

>     'sl' => 'Sierra Leone',

>     'sg' => 'Singapore',

>     'sk' => 'Slovak Republic',

>     'si' => 'Slovenia',

>     'sb' => 'Solomon Islands',

>     'so' => 'Somalia',

>     'za' => 'South Africa',

>     'kr' => 'South Korea',

>     'es' => 'Spain',

>     'lk' => 'Sri Lanka',

>     'sd' => 'Sudan',

>     'sr' => 'Suriname',

>     'sj' => 'Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands',

>     'sz' => 'Swaziland',

>     'se' => 'Sweden',

>     'ch' => 'Switzerland',

>     'sy' => 'Syria',

>     'tj' => 'Tadjikistan',

>     'tw' => 'Taiwan',

>     'tz' => 'Tanzania',

>     'th' => 'Thailand',

>     'tg' => 'Togo',

>     'tk' => 'Tokelau',

>     'to' => 'Tonga',

>     'tt' => 'Trinidad and Tobago',

>     'tn' => 'Tunisia',

>     'tr' => 'Turkey',

>     'tm' => 'Turkmenistan',

>     'tc' => 'Turks and Caicos Islands',

>     'tv' => 'Tuvalu',

>     'ug' => 'Uganda',

>     'ua' => 'Ukraine',

>     'ae' => 'United Arab Emirates',

>     'uk' => 'United Kingdom',

>     'us' => 'United States',

>     'uy' => 'Uruguay',

>     'um' => 'USA Minor Outlying Islands',

>     'uz' => 'Uzbekistan',

>     'vu' => 'Vanuatu',

>     'va' => 'Vatican City State',

>     've' => 'Venezuela',

>     'vn' => 'Vietnam',

>     'vg' => 'Virgin Islands (British)',

>     'vi' => 'Virgin Islands (USA)',

>     'wf' => 'Wallis and Futuna Islands',

>     'eh' => 'Western Sahara',

>     'ye' => 'Yemen',

>     'yu' => 'Yugoslavia',

>     'zr' => 'Zaire',

>     'zm' => 'Zambia',

>     'zw' => 'Zimbabwe'

> );

>

>

> /**

>  * returns a string of option values for an HTML form

>  */

> function COM_country_select_list ($selected)

> {

>     global $LANG_COUNTRIES;

>

>     $retval = '';

>     foreach ($LANG_COUNTRIES AS $key => $value) {

>         $retval .= '<option value="' . $key . '"';

>         if ($selected==$key) {

>             $retval .= ' SELECTED="SELECTED"';

>         }

>         $retval .= '>' . $value . '</option>';

>     }

>     return $retval;

> }

>

>


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