Language variables
The "standard" way to store language variables in Kirby is to define an array of language variables in the language file itself, e.g. /site/languages/de.php.
<?php
return [
'code' => 'de',
'default' => false,
'direction' => 'ltr',
'locale' => 'de_DE',
'name' => 'Deutsch',
'translations' => [
'change' => 'Ă„ndern',
'confirm' => 'OK',
'copy' => 'Kopieren',
'create' => 'Erstellen'
]
];This is fine if you only need a small set of fixed variables. If this is not flexible enough for your use case, you can replace the array of key/value pairs with a link to a file or a function that returns an array.
For example, if you want to store your variables in a yaml file instead, you can read the file into an array:
<?php
return [
'code' => 'de',
'default' => false,
'direction' => 'ltr',
'locale' => 'de_DE',
'name' => 'Deutsch',
'translations' => Yaml::decode(F::read(kirby()->root('languages').'/vars/de.yml'))
];And then in /vars/de.yml, define your variables:
change: Ă„ndern
confirm: OK
copy: Kopieren
create: ErstellenOr, you can use a function that returns the variables array:
<?php
return [
'code' => 'de',
'default' => false,
'direction' => 'ltr',
'locale' => 'de_DE',
'name' => 'Deutsch',
'translations' => getVariables('de')
];And in a plugin, define a function that returns your variables:
function getVariables($lang = null) {
/* here you can fetch your variables from anywhere:
** a spreadsheet, a .csv file, or
** from a structure field that you can edit in the Panel
*/
$translations = [];
return $translations;
}As you can see, you can get pretty flexible with this to make it work with the requirements of your multi-language project.
