widget i18n

[dckurushin (Diavolonok)]

for example I have

Yii::t('aWord.bWord', 'test')

What is the directory structure needed to translate the widget?

I assumed that in messages in the main app, i should have aWord.php or something…

But it don’t works…

the documentation don’t help me to figure this issue

[tri (tri - Tommy Riboe)]

for example I have

Yii::t('aWord.bWord', 'test')

What is the directory structure needed to translate the widget?

I assumed that in messages in the main app, i should have aWord.php or something…

But it don’t works…

the documentation don’t help me to figure this issue

From API reference

Starting from version 1.0.10, messages for an extension class (e.g. a widget, a module) can be specially managed and used. In particular, if a message belongs to an extension whose class name is Xyz, then the message category can be specified in the format of ‘Xyz.categoryName’. And the corresponding message file is assumed to be ‘BasePath/messages/LanguageID/categoryName.php’, where ‘BasePath’ refers to the directory that contains the extension class file. When using Yii::t() to translate an extension message, the category name should be set as ‘Xyz.categoryName’.

/Tommy

[dckurushin (Diavolonok)]

I know the documentation, but without a real example I can’t understand it

[dckurushin (Diavolonok)]

For example I have

Yii::t('PerformanceStats.widgets', 'Queries');

I have protected/messages/ru/widgets.php

What to put in widgets to translate the Queries word to something else?

none of this work:

<?php

return array(

	'Queries' => 'abrakadabra1',

	'PerformanceStats' => array(

		'Queries' => 'abrakadabra2',

	),

	'PerformanceStats.widgets' => array(

		'Queries' => 'abrakadabra3',

	),

);

I just get Queries

If I change it to

Yii::t(‘widgets’, ‘Queries’)

I get abrakadabra1 … but I want to benefit from the

PerformanceStats.widgets

Finally got it …

‘BasePath/messages/LanguageID/categoryName.php’, where ‘BasePath’ refers to the directory that contains the extension class file

But I don’t like it…

For example I have components directory

And widgets directory where I hold my widgets…

So if I trying PerformanceStats.widgets

I need to put inside widgets directory

messages/ru/widgets.php

to translate with Yii::t(‘PerformanceStats.widgets’

---

But I want something else

I want it to use protected/messages/ru/widgets.php

And inside widgets.php I want it to find

'PerformanceStats' => array()

And there I want my translation…

This is looks more logical to me…

Or I would forced to put every widget inside his own directory or something.

[este (Esteban Almiron)]

From API reference

Starting from version 1.0.10, messages for an extension class (e.g. a widget, a module) can be specially managed and used. In particular, if a message belongs to an extension whose class name is Xyz, then the message category can be specified in the format of ‘Xyz.categoryName’. And the corresponding message file is assumed to be ‘BasePath/messages/LanguageID/categoryName.php’, where ‘BasePath’ refers to the directory that contains the extension class file. When using Yii::t() to translate an extension message, the category name should be set as ‘Xyz.categoryName’.

Actually reference is not very clear at that point, IMHO. If I do not go wrong, Xyz is the name of the widget class (even if different from its folder name). So for example, if you have a widget class "MyWidget" in the folder "extensions/widgets/art/MyWidget.php" you should:

[list=1]

[*]Create a "messages" folder under "extensions/widgets/art" ( = "extensions/widgets/art/messages").

[*]Create locale ID subfolders for every language (ex. "extensions/widgets/art/messages/de").

[*]Create translation files named like "categoryName".

[*]Use :

[/list]

Yii::t('MyWidget.categoryName', 'what i want to translate here');