Language Parser Helper

Category:Helper::Community | Category:Helper::Language

This helper class will allow language variables to be parsed in views thus removing the need to type $this->lang->line('variable').

[code]<?php if (!defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed'); /**

• Language Parser Helper Class

• Adapted from the CodeIgniter Parser Class

• @copyright Copyright (c) 2006, EllisLab, Inc.

• @license http://codeigniter.com/user_guide/license.html

• Allows the use of languages in parsed templates ie:

• {welcome} is replaced with the result of $this->lang->line("welcome")

• Place this file in application/helpers as language_helper.php

• and load as needed.

• Usage:

• echo language::parse($view, $data, $language_files, $language);

• Version 0.5 (c) Wiredesignz 2008-04-08 **/ class Language { function parse($view, $data = array(), $lang_files = array(), $lang = 'english') { $this->load->language($lang_files, $lang);

   //build the view normally
   if ($template = $this->load->view($view, $data, TRUE))
   {            
       //parse the language variables
       while(preg_match('/\{(\w*)\}/siU', $template, $match)) 
       {
           //if no translation is found use the variable as a literal
           if (($line = $this->lang->line("$match[1]")) === FALSE) $line = $match[1];
           
           $template = str_replace($match[0], $line, $template);
       }
                   
       return $template;
   }
  

  } } ?>[/code]