[geeklog-devel] Fwd: locales
Oliver Spiesshofer
oliver at spiesshofer.com
Tue Aug 7 03:31:23 EDT 2007
Euan,
I generally agree with you but I made the experience that locales are
different in every operating system and there is no clear standard that
is followed.
Correct me if I am wrong there.
Oliver
Heather Engineering wrote:
> 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.
>
>
>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> *From: *Heather Engineering <info at heatherengineering.com
>> <mailto:info at heatherengineering.com>>
>> *Date: *2007年6月15日 0:10:51:JST
>> *To: *Geeklog Development <geeklog-devel at lists.geeklog.net
>> <mailto: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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