Step by step guide to create an english/arabic site

#1 Sarfraz Sarwar

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Posted 15 May 2011 - 04:02 AM

Dear all, i need a step by step guide to create a multilingual site in english and arabic. i dont want to write messages in a file and then translate them. i have already created the english version and only want to create the arabic views as they are rtl and design changes some what.

#2 Muaid

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Posted 15 May 2011 - 11:02 AM

Sarfraz Sarwar, on 15 May 2011 - 04:02 AM, said:

i dont want to write messages in a file and then translate them.

للأسف الطريقة المعتمده لعمل موقع متعدد اللغات في Yii هي بإنشاء ملف للغات
بحث يعيد هذا الملف مصفوفة يكون فيها المفتاح هو source language والقيمة هي الترجمة

<?php
return array(
	....
	....
	'source message' => 'الترجمة هنا',
	....
	....
);
?>

ملاحظة قد قد تسهل عليك كثيرا
عند استخدام Yii::t(); فإنه يمكنك انشاء ملفات اللغات اوتوماتيكيا عن طريق سطر الاوامر بأمر بسيط

protected/yiic message <CONFIG_FILE>

بحيث ان <CONFIG_FILE> هو ملف داخل مجلد protected/messages/config.php

ويكون محتواة كالتالي (قم بتعديلة ليتناسب مع متطلباتك)

<?php
/**
 * This is the configuration for generating message translations
 * for the Yii framework. It is used by the 'yiic message' command.
 */
return array(
	// source Path to start recursive seach
	'sourcePath'=>dirname(__FILE__).DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'..'.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'..',

	// messages folder Path
	'messagePath'=>dirname(__FILE__),

	// languages you want to translate the whole site into
	'languages'=>array('ar'),

	// specify a file types to look into
	'fileTypes'=>array('php'),

	// function search key
	'translator' => 'Yii::t',

	// if you do not need to exclude any file or folders you can remove it ..
	// this is only example and you should modify it to suite your needs.
	'exclude'=>array(
		'.git',
		'/index.php',
		'yiic.php',
		'/assets',
		'/blog',
		'/css',
		'/images',
		'/theme',
	),
);

فيصبح الامر النهائي كالتالي

protected/yiic message protected/messages/config.php

هذا فيما يخص الرسائل
:rolleyes:

اما بخصوص طريقة تحويل التصميم من اليمين إلى اليسار ماهي صعبة ان شاء الله

لنفرض انك تريد وضع dir="rtl" في وسم html في حال كانت اللغة المختارة هي العربية

الكود التالي سيكون موجود في ملف views/layouts/main.php بشكل افتراضي

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">

وانت تريدة ان تكون النتيجة في حال كانت اللغة العربية كالتالي

<html dir='rtl' xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="ar" lang="ar">

كل ماعليك فعله هو التحقق من Yii::app()->language وعرض النتائج بناء على النتيجة كالتالي

<html <?php if(Yii::app()->language == 'ar')  echo "dir='rtl'"; ?> xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="<?php echo Yii::app()->language; ?>" lang="<?php echo Yii::app()->language; ?>">

مع الاخذ بعين الاعتبار ان لغتك الاساسية في الموقع الانجليزية لذلك فإن قيمة Yii::app()->language في حال كانت اللغة انجليزية سيكون en

اذا في اي استفسار لاتتردد بالسؤال
موفق خير ان شاء الله

#3 Muaid

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Posted 15 May 2011 - 11:11 AM

تذكرت هذا الرابط ممكن يفيدك

setting-and-maintaining-the-language-in-application-i18n

#4 Sarfraz Sarwar

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Posted 21 May 2011 - 11:45 AM

thanks a lot muaid but i DON'T UNDERSTAND ARABIC.
sorry but i am only developing a site for a client and he wants it in two languages english and arabic. i have developed two different sides for this reason.
please guide me how i can set the language dynamically/on user request.
and then get the respective views.
the layout files also need to be changed.
how to do that

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Posted 21 May 2011 - 12:07 PM

no problem at all Sarfraz Sarwar,

i believe the link i posted above is exactly what you need .. it show you how to make a drop down list with your tow languages and display the selected one Posted Image

i hope it solve your problem.

#6 Sarfraz Sarwar

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Posted 22 May 2011 - 02:55 AM

Muaid, on 21 May 2011 - 12:07 PM, said:

i hope it solve your problem.

didn't like the control file option.
implemented the behavior idea given in the comments.
now what do i have to do to change the error messages created by yii, such as 'Email cannot be empty.'

#7 Muaid

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Posted 22 May 2011 - 03:35 PM

these messages is (Yii's Core Messages) and needs to be translated and place them in messages/ar/*

there is a project for translating whole Yii framework (Guide, Blog tutorial and Core Messages) to many languages, and i am currently working on Arabic translation and looking for volunteers to help me completing this task as soon as possible ... project link

But you only need to translate tow files to accomplish your goal.

yii.php (contains 254 messages to be translated)
zii.php (i already translated this small file)
<i'll attachments the files>

after you finish translating those, you only need to upload them into

protected/messages/ar/yii.php
protected/messages/ar/zii.php

Congratulations !! you are done Posted Image

here are the tow files:

files.tar.gz (6.74K)
Number of downloads: 76

unfortunately yii.php is not translated yet Posted Image

and if you do translate it, please contact me to commit it into the official yiidoc project.

thank you.

#8 Sarfraz Sarwar

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Posted 04 June 2011 - 10:24 AM

Muaid, on 22 May 2011 - 03:35 PM, said:

protected/messages/ar/yii.php
protected/messages/ar/zii.php

Congratulations !! you are done Posted Image

here are the tow files:
Attachment

files.tar.gz

unfortunately yii.php is not translated yet Posted Image

and if you do translate it, please contact me to commit it into the official yiidoc project.

thank you.

pasted the files in protected/messages/ar/
but it is not translating
"Displaying 1-1 of 1 result(s)."
is being displayed as
".(Displaying 1-1 of 1 result(s"

also pasted
'{attribute} cannot be blank.' => '.للا يمكن أن تكون فارغة {attribute}',

in protected/messages/ar/yii.php
but it is not being translated

file translation is working
only yii core messages and zii messages are not working.

please help. i have no idea

#9 Muaid

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Posted 04 June 2011 - 12:54 PM

sorry my mistake,

add this code in your components configuration in protected/config/main.php :

return array(
  ......
  'components'=>array(
	'coreMessages'=>array(
      	'basePath'=>'protected/messages',
	),
   ......
  ),
 );

#10 Sarfraz Sarwar

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Posted 05 June 2011 - 07:35 AM

thanks that worked

and can you tell me please how to translate the field name such as 'email'

#11 Muaid

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Posted 05 June 2011 - 02:54 PM

sure

'email' => 'البريد الإلكتروني'

#12 ItsYii

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Posted 30 April 2013 - 08:58 AM

Hi Muiad

I'm currently looking to translate messages to arabic, I'm wondering how far you have reached. I chekced out the link but there's no downloads.

Have you managed to finish the Yii? if you have some done will you be able to provide it. If it's incomplete I will complete it and send it over.

This is the only link I have found for this topic, I can't find any Arabic messages currently.

Thanks