Category:Helper -> Community | Category:Helper -> Language
This helper class will allow language variables to be parsed in views thus removing the need to type $this->lang->line(‘variable’).
<?php if (!defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');
/**
* Language Parser Helper Class
*
* Adapted from the CodeIgniter Parser Class
* @copyright Copyright (c) 2006, EllisLab, Inc.
* @license http://codeigniter.com/user_guide/license.html
*
* Allows the use of languages in parsed templates ie:
* {welcome} is replaced with the result of $this->lang->line("welcome")
*
* Place this file in application/helpers as language_helper.php
* and load as needed.
*
* Usage:
* echo language::parse($view, $data, $language_files, $language);
*
* Version 0.5 (c) Wiredesignz 2008-04-08
**/
class Language
{
function parse($view, $data = array(), $lang_files = array(), $lang = 'english')
{
$this->load->language($lang_files, $lang);
//build the view normally
if ($template = $this->load->view($view, $data, TRUE))
{
//parse the language variables
while(preg_match('/\{(\w*)\}/siU', $template, $match))
{
//if no translation is found use the variable as a literal
if (($line = $this->lang->line("$match[1]")) === FALSE) $line = $match[1];
$template = str_replace($match[0], $line, $template);
}
return $template;
}
}
}
?>