gettext() equivalent in Intl library?

Question

I\'m looking for a way to to do i18n and l10n.

I\'ve used gettext before and it was good: I would simply create .mo files in different languages and ever

Answer 1

Here's how I used intl for translations (tested on php v. 5.3.10 and 5.4.7):

intl.php

namespace Example;
class Intl {

  private $resource;

  public function __construct() {
    $bundle_location = "./locales";
    $user_locale = \Locale::acceptFromHttp( $_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE'] );
    $this->resource = new \ResourceBundle( $user_locale, $bundle_location );
  }

 ...

display.php

 use Example\Intl;

 $intl = new Intl();
 $r = $intl->resource;

 echo $r['string_to_be_translated'];

 ...

resource bundles

In the locales directory, I have my resource files:

root.res - root language (English)

root { 
  string_to_be_translated {String to be translated } 
}

ja.res - Japanese

ja { 
  string_to_be_translated {\u5909\u63DB\u3055\u308C\u308B\u6587\u5B57\u5217 }
}

sp.res - Spanish

sp { 
  string_to_be_translated {Cadena a ser traducido }
}

(etc)