This helper for mulit-language support, you can make the multi-language site very easily with this helper

How to configure for helper.

you need to configure in the gate.php when you want to change the default path of i18n

define('I18N_PATH',ROOT_DIR.'/text'); // i18n directory

How to set the language

Set the langugae code for i18n in dev_config.php file.

$config['language']='en';

Sometimes you need to change the language code for support of mulit-language on your site.

$FE->I18n->setLang("language-code");

How to make the file for multi-language.

default directory is /text and you can put the file to the directory.File name will be language-code.

For example /text/en , /text/fr , /text/de, /text/kr , /text/jp,,,

the format is below.

{ // start the file
  "Hello" : "Hi", // "text will be translated : translated text "
  "How are you ?" : "How r u ?",
  "Nice" : "Good",
  "Text $a" : "Good $a"
} // end the file

How to use in frontend

$Frontend->I18n->t("Hello");

Sometime you need to put the variable to the i18n such as "Hello user-name" .

{ // start the file
  "Hello $user" : "Hi $user"
} // end the file

How to pass the variable to the i18n

Below is for example to explain how to pass the variable

$Frontend->I18n->t("Text \$a",array("a"=>1));