How can I use the localization mechanism in WordPress to get access to an existing but not-current language string?
Background: I have a custom theme where I use locale 'en_US' as the default locale and translate through a PO file to locale 'es_ES' (Spanish).
Let us say I use the construction
in my code, and that I have translated 'Introduction' to the Spanish 'Introducción´ in my PO file. All this works fine.
Now to the problem: I want to insert n records in my database with all existing translations of the string 'Introduction' - one for each language; so, n = 2 in my example.
Ideally, I would write something like this:
<strong>Only, that the 3rd parameter in __() above is pure fantasy on my part</strong>. You can only validly write
__('Introduction', 'my_domain');
to get either 'Introduction' or 'Introducción' depending on the current locale.
The outcome of the code above would ideally be that I end up with two records in my table:
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I am aware that I want something that requires loading all the MO files, where normally, only the MO file for the current language is required. Maybe use of the WordPress function load_textdomain is necessary - I was just hoping there already exists a solution.
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Expanding on the question by including the plugin PolyLang: is it possible to use <a href="http://polylang.wordpress.com/documentation/documentation-for-developers/functions-reference/" rel="nofollow">Custom Strings</a> to achieve the above functionality? E.g. conceptually:
Background: I have a custom theme where I use locale 'en_US' as the default locale and translate through a PO file to locale 'es_ES' (Spanish).
Let us say I use the construction
Code:
__('Introduction', 'my_domain');in my code, and that I have translated 'Introduction' to the Spanish 'Introducción´ in my PO file. All this works fine.
Now to the problem: I want to insert n records in my database with all existing translations of the string 'Introduction' - one for each language; so, n = 2 in my example.
Ideally, I would write something like this:
Code:
$site_id = 123;
// Get an array of all defined locales: ['en_US', 'es_ES']
$locales = util::get_all_locales();
// Add one new record in table details for each locale with the translated target string
foreach ($locales as $locale) {
db::insert_details($site_id, 'intro',
__('Introduction', 'my_domain', $locale), $locale);
}<strong>Only, that the 3rd parameter in __() above is pure fantasy on my part</strong>. You can only validly write
__('Introduction', 'my_domain');
to get either 'Introduction' or 'Introducción' depending on the current locale.
The outcome of the code above would ideally be that I end up with two records in my table:
Code:
SITE_ID CAT TEXT LOCALE
123 intro Introduction en_US
123 intro Introducción es_ES<hr>
I am aware that I want something that requires loading all the MO files, where normally, only the MO file for the current language is required. Maybe use of the WordPress function load_textdomain is necessary - I was just hoping there already exists a solution.
<hr>
Expanding on the question by including the plugin PolyLang: is it possible to use <a href="http://polylang.wordpress.com/documentation/documentation-for-developers/functions-reference/" rel="nofollow">Custom Strings</a> to achieve the above functionality? E.g. conceptually:
Code:
pll_('Introduction', $locale)