Question

I’m using php. I have a form which fields are in french. I’d like to know how can I make the form avalaible also in english and let the user choose the language. Is there a simple way to do this?

Thanks

Answer 1

If your form is not too large use javascript to toggle visibility of labels and messages.
If you still want PHP use arrays

<?php
// Here you asign a default language
if (! isset($_GET['lang']) $_GET['lang']="en";
// Here is your bilingual vocabulary
$arr = array(
"fr" => array("setName"=>"Saisissez votre nom: ")
,
"en" => array("setName"=>"Input your name: ")
);
?>

And your form:

<!-- Here is your language switch -->
<a href="?lang=fr">Francais</a> | 
<a href="?lang=en">English</a>

You can use also AJAX to switch language but we are going too far 🙂