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Translator

Factory

Setting Locale

$translator = Laminas\I18n\Translator\Translator::factory([
    'locale' => 'de_DE',
]);

Setting Fallback Locale

$translator = Laminas\I18n\Translator\Translator::factory([
    'locale' => [
        'de_DE', // Default locale
        'en_GB', // Fallback locale
    ],
]);

Setting Translation File Patterns

$translator = Laminas\I18n\Translator\Translator::factory([
    'translation_file_patterns' => [
        [
            'type'     => Laminas\I18n\Translator\Loader\PhpArray::class,
            'base_dir' => __DIR__ . '/languages',
            'pattern'  => '%s.php',
        ],
        [
            'type'        => Laminas\I18n\Translator\Loader\PhpArray::class,
            'base_dir'    => __DIR__ . '/languages',
            'pattern'     => 'album-%s.php',
            'text_domain' => 'album',
        ],
    ],
]);

Each file pattern option array must contain type, base_dir and pattern. The option for text_domain is optional. The default value for text_domain is default.

Setting Translation Files

$translator = Laminas\I18n\Translator\Translator::factory([
    'translation_files' => [
        [
            'type'     => Laminas\I18n\Translator\Loader\PhpArray::class,
            'filename' => __DIR__ . '/languages/en_GB.php',
        ],
        [
            'type'     => Laminas\I18n\Translator\Loader\PhpArray::class,
            'filename' => __DIR__ . '/languages/de_DE.php',
            'locale'   => 'de_DE',
        ],
        [
            'type'        => Laminas\I18n\Translator\Loader\PhpArray::class,
            'filename'    => __DIR__ . '/languages/album-de_DE.php',
            'locale'      => 'de_DE',
            'text_domain' => 'album',
        ],
    ],
]);

Each file option array must contain type and filename. The options for locale and the text_domain are optional. The default value for locale is null and for text_domain it is default.

Setting Remote Translations

$translator = Laminas\I18n\Translator\Translator::factory([
    'remote_translation' => [
        [
            'type' => 'translation-de_DE', // Custom name
        ],
        [
            'type'        => 'translation-de_DE', // Custom name
            'text_domain' => 'album',
        ],
    ],
]);

Each remote option array must contain type. The option for text_domain is optional. The default value for text_domain is default.

Adding Translations

$translator->getPluginManager()->setService(
    'translation-de_DE', // Custom name
    new \Laminas\I18n\Translator\Loader\PhpMemoryArray([
        'default' => [
            'de_DE' => [
                'car'   => 'Auto',
                'train' => 'Zug',
            ],
        ],
        'album'   => [
            'de_DE' => [
                'music' => 'Musik',
            ],
        ],
    ])
);

Setting Cache

Using a Cache Instance

$cache      = Laminas\Cache\StorageFactory::factory([
    'adapter' => [
        'name'    => Laminas\Cache\Storage\Adapter\Filesystem::class,
        'options' => [
            'cache_dir' => __DIR__ . '/cache',
        ],
    ],
]);
$translator = Laminas\I18n\Translator\Translator::factory([
    'cache' => $cache,
]);

Using Cache Configuration

$translator = Laminas\I18n\Translator\Translator::factory([
    'cache' => [
        'adapter' => [
        'name'    => Laminas\Cache\Storage\Adapter\Filesystem::class,
            'options' => [
                'cache_dir' => __DIR__ . '/cache',
            ],
        ],
    ],
]);

Enable EventManager

$translator = Laminas\I18n\Translator\Translator::factory([
    'event_manager_enabled' => true,
]);