Introduction
Translation
Laminas\I18n comes with a complete translation suite which supports all major
formats and includes popular features like plural translations and text domains.
The Translator component is mostly dependency free, except for the fallback to a
default locale, where it relies on the intl PHP extension.
The translator itself is initialized without any parameters, as any configuration to it is optional. A translator without any translations will actually do nothing but just return the given message IDs.
Filters and Validators
The Laminas\I18n component also provides a set of filters for normalizing and formatting.
The component also provides a set of validators for validating localized data.
View Helpers
The Laminas\I18n component provides also a set of view helpers for formatting dates, times, numbers, currencies, and translating messages.
Based on PHP's intl extension
The intl extension is a wrapper for the ICU library, which provides a lot of
internationalization functions. The intl extension is a standard PHP extension, and is required for the Laminas\I18n component to work.
The intl functions are used for locale detection, filtering and validating localized data, formatting localized data and more.
These functions are used in:
- Translator
- Filters
- Validators
- View Helpers
