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Allows to localize messages in a PHP application. It uses the ext/intl MessageFormatter to allow ICU message syntax.

The goal is to have a mostly automated way to maintain the localized texts continuously.

Requirements

• PHP >= 8.2
• ext/intl
• ext/dom
• ext/xsl (when using XSL features)
• nikic/php-parser

Define

The library provides functions/templates for different contexts (PHP and XSL at the moment). The arguments are the same.

• message - The message text itself. ICU message syntax is supported.
• meaning - A category label for the message. (financial or furniture for bank)
• id - The message identifier (Auto generated from message and meaning if not provided.)
• description - A description of the message for translators.
• values - Placeholder values for the message.

It is mandatory to use string literals for all arguments except the values. !DO NOT USE VARIABLES!. The extractor will not work otherwise.

PHP

Use the static call Localize::message to define your texts.

use Carica\Localize\Localize;

echo Localize::message('Example', meaning: 'test'), "\n";
echo Localize::message('Example', id: 'test.id'), "\n";
echo Localize::message('Example: {foo}', values: ['foo'=>'VALUE']), "\n";

XSL

You need to register the stream wrapper and the callback function.

use Carica\Localize\XSL\Callbacks;

$processor = new \XSLTProcessor();
$processor->registerPHPFunctions([Callbacks::XSL_CALLBACK]);

The file loader allows your template to import the localize template. The callback function provides connection to the ext/intl MessageFormatter.

The message template is {urn:carica:localize}message. It uses a namespace to avoid conflicts.

<xsl:stylesheet
  version="1.0"
  xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
  xmlns:localize="urn:carica:localize"
  exclude-result-prefixes="localize">

  <xsl:import href="../vendor/carica/localize/src/localize.xsl"/>

  <xsl:template match="/">
    <div>
      <xsl:call-template name="localize:message">
        <xsl:with-param name="message">Example</xsl:with-param>
      </xsl:call-template>
    </div>
    <div>
      <xsl:call-template name="localize:message">
        <xsl:with-param name="id">example.other</xsl:with-param>
        <xsl:with-param name="message">Example: {foo}</xsl:with-param>
        <xsl:with-param name="values">
          <foo>PARAMETER</foo>
        </xsl:with-param>
      </xsl:call-template>
    </div>
  </template>
  
</xsl:stylesheet>

Extract + Merge

Define an extraction for your project as an PHP helper script.

use Carica\Localize\Extraction;
use Carica\Localize\Serializer\Report\ConsoleReport;

$sourceLanguage = 'en';
$targetLanguages = ['de', 'fr'];

$messages = new Extraction(
  __DIR__.'../src/',
  [
    '(\\.php$)i' => new Extraction\PHPStaticFunctionExtractor()
    '(\\.xsl$)i' => new Extraction\XSLExtractor()
  ],
  function (Extraction\ConflictException $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
  }
);
$messages->output(
  __DIR__.'../src/l10n',
  $sourceLanguage,
  $targetLanguages,
  'example',
  report: new ConsoleReport()
);

Running the script will generate XLIFF files for the source and each target language in the output directory. If the files exists they will be updated and existing translation in the target language files will be merged.

Load Translations

Add some logic to your PHP/XSL to load the messages for the current language.

PHP

use Carica\Localize\Localize;
use Carica\Localize\Messages\XliffFileMessages;

Localize::messages(
  new XliffFileMessages(__DIR__.'/example.de.xlf')
);

XSL

XLIFF files are XML, so they can be loaded using the document() function. {urn:carica:localize}messages-file helps to compile the message file name.

<xsl:stylesheet
  version="1.0"
  xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
  xmlns:localize="urn:carica:localize"
  exclude-result-prefixes="localize">

  <xsl:import href="carica-localize://messages"/>

  <xsl:param name="LOCALIZE_LANGUAGE">de</xsl:param>
  <xsl:param 
    name="LOCALIZE_MESSAGES" 
    select="document(localize:messages-file($LOCALIZE_LANGUAGE, './example'))"/>

</xsl:stylesheet>

Translate

For local translations you can use a tool like POEdit.

If you work in a team I suggest taking a look at Weblate. Weblate can connect to your GIT repository.