Class: TGlobalization

Source Location: /TGlobalization.php

Class Overview

TGlobalization class

Class Details

[line 40]
TGlobalization class

By default, TGlobalization is used by the PRADO framework to store the Culture/Locale, Charset, Translation Configuration, and Translation Cache information. You should extend to specify how the culture/locale is set.

You can specify your own globalization class in the application specification.

Namespace: System

version:	v1.0, last update on 24 Dec 2004
author:	Wei Zhuo <[at] gmail [dot] com weizhuo [at] gmail [dot] com>

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Variables

Methods

Child classes:

HTTPGlobalization: HTTPGlobalization class.

Class Variables

$Cache =

[line 76]

The caching directory for translations.

access:

public

Type:

string

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$Charset =

[line 64]

The current charset.

access:

public

Type:

string

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$ContentType = 'text/html'

[line 82]

The content type for the http header

access:

public

Type:

string

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$Culture =

[line 58]

The current culture.

access:

public

Type:

string

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$defaultCharset = 'UTF-8'

[line 46]

Character set, default 'UTF-8'.

access:

protected

Type:

string

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$defaultCulture = 'en'

[line 52]

Default culture, 'en'.

access:

protected

Type:

string

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$Translation =

[line 70]

The current Translation configuration.

access:

public

Type:

array

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Class Methods

constructor __construct [line 89]

TGlobalization __construct(
mixed
$config)

Constructor.

Create a new Globalization handler.

access:

public

Parameters:

mixed

$config

configuration

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method getDefaultCharset [line 160]

string getDefaultCharset(
)

Returns the default charset.

return:	the default charset
access:	public

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method getDefaultCulture [line 138]

string getDefaultCulture(
)

Returns the default culture.

return:	default culture.
access:	public

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method getVariants [line 171]

array getVariants(
[string
$culture = null])

Get the variant of a specific culture. If the parameter $culture is null, the current culture is used.

return:	variants of the culture.
access:	public

Parameters:

string

$culture

the Culture string

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method init [line 128]

void init(
)

Initialize the Culture and Charset for this application.

You should override this method if you want a different way of setting the Culture and/or Charset for your application. See the I18N example, HTTPGlobalization class for a simple example. N.BWhen override this method, be sure to set BOTH the Culture and Charset.

access:

public

Overridden in child classes as:

HTTPGlobalization::init(): Set the Culture by using the HTTPNegotiator to find the prefered language from the client browser.

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method sendContentTypeHeader [line 151]

void sendContentTypeHeader(
)

Send the content type header.

This method should be called before sending out the content. Content type header is sent in TPage::execute, before echoing the contents. Content type and charset can be set with $this->ContentType and $this->Charset respectively.

access:	public
see:	TPage::execute()

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