Base Concepts of Internationalization in PHP : Page 2

Using the I18N_Country Class
You use the I18N_Country class to determine the country name from a country code. The class has these two methods:

• void getName([: $code = '']): Returns the name of the country using the country code passed by the string argument $code.
• void isValidCode(mixed $code): Check whether the country code passed by the $code argument is valid.

Here's a simple example that shows how to use the methods of the I18N_Country class:

   <?php
        
   require_once 'I18N/Country.php';
   
   $countries_codes = array('AF','AQ','BD',
   'MB','DE','FR','HR','JP','IS','IT','MU',
   'RO','US','JA');
               
   print '<font face style="Arial" color="000076">';
   print '<h4><u>Countries codes</u></h4>';
   
   foreach( $countries_codes as $code )
   {
      //Create an instance of the I18N_Country class
      $country = new I18N_Country ();
                             
      print '<font face style="Arial" color="000076" 
         size="3"><b>'.$code.'</b>  -->';
                     
      //Check if $code is a valid code
      if($country->isValidCode($code))
      {
         //Return name of the country for country code passed
         print ( $country->getName($code) ).'<br />';
      }
      else 
      {
         print '<font face style="Arial" color="red" size="3">';
         print ( '<b> This is not a valid code!!! </b><br />' );
      }
   }
   ?>

The output of this example is:

   Countries codes
   AF -->AFGHANISTAN
   AQ -->ANTARCTICA
   BD -->BANGLADESH
   MB --> <font color=red>This is not a valid code!!!</font> 
   DE -->GERMANY
   FR -->FRANCE
   HR -->CROATIA (local name: Hrvatska)
   JP -->JAPAN
   IS -->ICELAND
   IT -->ITALY
   MU -->MAURITIUS
   RO -->ROMANIA
   US -->UNITED STATES
   JA --> <font color=red>This is not a valid code!!! </font>

Using the I18N_Language Class
You use the I18N_Language class to determine the language name from a specified language code using the getName method:

• void getName([: $code = ''], : 1): Returns the name of the language using the language code passed by the string argument $code. The 1 parameter represents the string language code.

Here's a simple application that uses the I18N_Language class:

   <?php
        
   require_once 'I18N/Language.php';
   
   $language_codes = array('af','da','es','de','fr','ja',
      'it','mn','ro','en');
               
   print '<font face style="Arial" color="000076">';
   print '<h4><u>Language codes</u></h4>';
   
      
   foreach( $language_codes as $code )
   {
      //Create an instance of the I18N_Language class
      $language = new I18N_Language ();
                             
      print '<font face style="Arial" color="000076" size="3"><b>'.
         $code.'</b>  -->';
      //Return name of the language for language code passed
      print ($language->getName($code)).'<br />';
   }
   ?>

The output of this example is:

   Language codes
   af -->Afrikaans
   da -->Danish
   es -->Spanish
   de -->German
   fr -->French
   ja -->Japanese
   it -->Italian
   mn -->Mongolian
   ro -->Romanian
   en -->English

The combination of the user's country and language give you the locale.

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