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davidecesarano/embryo-translate
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PHP library that provides a simple way to retrieve strings in various languages.

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Embryo Translate
================

[](#embryo-translate)

PSR compatible PHP library that provides a simple way to retrieve strings in various languages.

Requirement
-----------

[](#requirement)

- PHP >= 7.1
- A [PSR-7](https://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-7/) http message implementation and [PSR-17](https://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-17/) http factory implementation (ex. [Embryo-Http](https://github.com/davidecesarano/Embryo-Http))
- A [PSR-15](https://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-15/) http server request handlers implementation (ex. [Embryo-Middleware](https://github.com/davidecesarano/Embryo-Middleware))
- A PSR-15 session middleware (Ex. [Embryo-Session](https://github.com/davidecesarano/Embryo-Session))
- A PSR response emitter (ex. [Embryo-Emitter](https://github.com/davidecesarano/Embryo-Emitter))

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Using Composer:

```
$ composer require davidecesarano/embryo-translate

```

Example
-------

[](#example)

You may quickly test this using the built-in PHP server going to .

```
$ cd example
$ php -S localhost:8000

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Create and set messages from files

[](#create-and-set-messages-from-files)

You may store language strings in files within, for example, lang directory. Within this directory there should be a subdirectory for each language supported by the application:

```
/lang
    /en
        messages.php
    /it
        messages.php

```

All language files return an array of keyed strings. For example:

```
return [
    'hello' => 'Hello World!'
];
```

Create a `Translate` object and pass it the language directory path and the default language. The `setMessages` method creates an array with all messages.

```
$translate = new Translate('/path/lang', 'en');
$translate->setMessages();
```

### Set the locale

[](#set-the-locale)

Store the default language in `Embryo\Translate\Middleware\SetLocaleMiddleware`. You may also change the active language at runtime using the query parameter in the uri:

```
//...
$middleware = new RequestHandler;

// session
$middleware->add(
    (new SessionMiddleware)
        ->setSession(new Session)
        ->setOptions([
            'use_cookies'      => false,
            'use_only_cookies' => true
        ])
);

// set locale
$middleware->add(
    (new SetLocaleMiddleware)
        ->setLanguage('en')
        ->setSessionRequestAttrbiute('session')
        ->setLanguageQueryParam('language')
        ->setSessionKey('language')
);
//...
```

The middleware stored the language value in session. For to change it, you may use `language` query parameter in uri:

```
example.com/hello-world?language=it

```

### Determining the current locale

[](#determining-the-current-locale)

You may use the session to determine the current locale:

```
$session = $request->getAttribute('session');
return $session->get('language');
```

### Retriving translation strings

[](#retriving-translation-strings)

First, you must use the `getMessages` method to determine the current language messages. Later, you may retrieve lines from language files using the `get` method:

```
$session = $request->getAttribute('session');
$language = $session->get('language');
$messages = $translate->getMessages($language);
echo $messages->get('hello'); // Hello World!
```

### Replacing parameters in translation strings

[](#replacing-parameters-in-translation-strings)

You may define placeholders in your translation strings. All placeholders are prefixed with `{` and `}`. For example:

```
'hello' => 'Hello {name}'
```

You may replace `{name}` with an array of replacements as the second argument to the `get` method:

```
echo $messages->get('hello', ['name' => 'David']); // Hello David
```

###  Health Score

20

—

LowBetter than 14% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity12

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity34

Early-stage or recently created project

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/16277144?v=4)[Davide Cesarano](/maintainers/davidecesarano)[@davidecesarano](https://github.com/davidecesarano)

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