Hello 
Did anybody use gettext in Yii applications?
Is it possible to use:
_("MessageID")
instead of:
Yii::t("Category", "MessageID")
?
And where I can find tutorial about setting up and using gettext with Yii applications?
Hello
Did anybody use gettext in Yii applications?
Is it possible to use:
_("MessageID")
instead of:
Yii::t("Category", "MessageID")
?
And where I can find tutorial about setting up and using gettext with Yii applications?
how can i configure yii to use gettext for translation?
I’m no Yii-ninja (yet 
) and like you I had a hole lot of trouble to find help on this, but here’s my solution:
I’m using a __() wrapper function (note the double underscore) which makes calls to Yii::t(). I’m using Poedit to generate and edit my .po files. I still haven’t managed to get the .mo files to work with Yii, so I’m setting the useMoFile flag FALSE.
I’m storing my .po in protected/messages/pt/messages.po (pt is for Portuguese language)
Hope that helps 
protected/config/main.php
// Custom Includes
require_once(dirname(__FILE__).'/../includes/localization.php');
return array(
'language' => 'pt',
'components' =>array(
"messages" => array(
"class" => "CGettextMessageSource",
"useMoFile" => FALSE,
),
)
(...)
)
protected/includes/localization.php
/**
* Wrapper function for Yii::t()
*/
function __($string, $params = array(), $category = "") {
return Yii::t($category, $string, $params);
}
I just created an experimental component which prepares php’s gettext extension (it doesn’t use Yii’s translation mechanisms or messages at all)
git it here: github.com/acerix/yii-gettext
An example translation file is included which can be used as a template (use poedit to create/edit translations)
Any feedback is welcome, and I am quite new to Yii and git, so use this at your own risk and let me know if I did something wrong.
Cheers